$ cve CVE-2016-4573 JSON

CVE-2016-4573

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.6% (pctl 91)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

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.

Scoring

CVSS	9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	4.56% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-264
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	none known
Published	2016-09-09
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (22)

Vendor	Product
fortinet	fortiswitch
fortinet	fsw-1024d
fortinet	fsw-1048d
fortinet	fsw-108d-poe
fortinet	fsw-124d
fortinet	fsw-124d-poe
fortinet	fsw-224d-fpoe
fortinet	fsw-224d-poe
fortinet	fsw-248d-fpoe
fortinet	fsw-248d-poe
fortinet	fsw-3032d
fortinet	fsw-424d
fortinet	fsw-424d-fpoe
fortinet	fsw-424d-poe
fortinet	fsw-448d
fortinet	fsw-448d-fpoe
fortinet	fsw-448d-poe
fortinet	fsw-524d
fortinet	fsw-524d-fpoe
fortinet	fsw-548d
fortinet	fsw-548d-fpoe
fortinet	fsw-r-112d-poe

References

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