CVE-2016-4573

CRITICAL

Fortinet FortiSwitch - Unauthenticated Administrative Access via Empty Password Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

Fortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE, FSW-248D-POE, FSW-248D-FPOE, FSW-424D, FSW-424D-POE, FSW-424D-FPOE, FSW-448D, FSW-448D-POE, FSW-448D-FPOE, FSW-524D, FSW-524D-FPOE, FSW-548D, FSW-548D-FPOE, FSW-1024D, FSW-1048D, FSW-3032D, and FSW-R-112D-POE models, when in FortiLink managed mode and upgraded to 3.4.1, might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via an empty password for the rest_admin account.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92450

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiswitch-rest-admin-account-exposed-under-specific-conditions

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.themissinglink.com.au/security/advisories/cve-2016-4573

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0763

EPSS Percentile 92.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (1)

fortinet/fortiswitch 3.4.1

Published Sep 09, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026