CVE-2022-38380 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An improper access control [CWE-284] vulnerability in FortiOS version 7.2.0 and versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 may allow a remote authenticated read-only user to modify the interface settings via the API.

Published: 2022-11-02

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiOS 7.2.0, 7.0.7, 7.0.6, 7.0.5, 7.0.4, 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.0:::::::*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00199.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-174

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published: 2022-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-22T20:52:46.827Z

Reserved: 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38380

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:54:03.669Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-02T12:15:54.547

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:16:21.660

Link: CVE-2022-38380

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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