Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-45857

Medium

Published: 05 January 2023

Published
05 January 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-45857 is a medium-severity Incorrect User Management (CWE-286) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimanager. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-286NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortimanager
6.2.0 — 6.2.9 · 6.4.0 — 6.4.8 · 7.0.0 — 7.0.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

IA-4 Identifier Management
addresses: CWE-286

Directly implements correct management of identifiers for individuals, groups, roles, services, and devices.

PS-5 Personnel Transfer
addresses: CWE-286

Requires confirmation and adjustment of user access rights during personnel transfers, mitigating incorrect user management.

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