Actively exploited · Published Nov 14, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2025-64446

Critical 9.4 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in FortiWeb from Fortinet. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 14, 2025). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 91.1% (higher than 99.8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.4Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)91.1%top 0.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Nov 14, 2025
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal agencies must remediate by Nov 21, 2025.

Official description

A relative path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.11 may allow an attacker to execute administrative commands on the system via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0 – through 8.0.17.6.0 – through 7.6.47.4.0 – through 7.4.97.2.0 – through 7.2.117.0.0 – through 7.0.11

Weakness: CWE-23 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

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