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Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2025 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2025-22254

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in FortiOS from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.6 allows an authenticated attacker with at least read-only admin permissions to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 – through 7.6.17.4.0 – through 7.4.67.2.0 – through 7.2.107.0.0 – through 7.0.166.4.0 – through 6.4.15
Fortinet FortiProxy 7.6.0 – through 7.6.17.4.0 – through 7.4.7
Fortinet FortiWeb 7.6.0 – through 7.6.17.4.0 – through 7.4.6

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:W/RC:C

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