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CVE-2022-45857

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-45857 is an incorrect user management vulnerability in FortiManager versions 6.4.6 and below, specifically within the VDOM creation component. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain passwordless access to a FortiGate device through newly created VDOMs after the super_admin account has been deleted. Rated 7.5 HIGH, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high impact on availability (A:H), with potential for limited confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2.0, <= 6.2.8CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.4.0, <= 6.4.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.7
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 1,570 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / psirt/FG-IR-22-371
Vendor Advisory