CVE-2022-45857 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An incorrect user management vulnerability [CWE-286] in the FortiManager version 6.4.6 and below VDOM creation component may allow an attacker to access a FortiGate without a password via newly created VDOMs after the super_admin account is deleted.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00178.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Fortinet	Fortimanager

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48710	An incorrect user management vulnerability [CWE-286] in the FortiManager version 6.4.6 and below VDOM creation component may allow an attacker to access a FortiGate without a password via newly created VDOMs after the super_admin account is deleted.

Fixes

Solution

Please upgrade to FortiManager version 7.0.2 or above Please upgrade to FortiManager version 6.4.8 or above Please upgrade to FortiManager version 6.2.9 or above

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-371

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0013}`	epss `{'score': 0.00142}`

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published: 2023-01-05T07:37:57.731Z

Updated: 2024-10-22T20:50:54.914Z

Reserved: 2022-11-23T14:57:05.612Z

Link: CVE-2022-45857

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:24:03.199Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-05T08:15:08.800

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:29:50.960

Link: CVE-2022-45857

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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