CVE-2025-22254
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-06-10
Last updated on: 2025-07-22
Assigner: Fortinet, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| fortinet | fortios | From 7.4.0 (inc) to 7.4.9 (inc) |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | From 7.6.0 (inc) to 7.6.4 (inc) |
| fortinet | fortiproxy | From 7.6.0 (inc) to 7.6.4 (inc) |
| fortinet | fortios | From 7.4.0 (inc) to 7.4.9 (inc) |
| fortinet | fortios | From 7.4.0 (inc) to 7.4.9 (inc) |
| fortinet | fortios | From 7.4.0 (inc) to 7.4.9 (inc) |
| fortinet | fortios | From 7.4.0 (inc) to 7.4.9 (inc) |
| fortinet | fortiweb | From 7.4.0 (inc) to 7.4.7 (exc) |
| fortinet | fortiweb | From 7.6.0 (inc) to 7.6.2 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-269 | The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is an Improper Privilege Management issue in certain versions of Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiWeb. It allows an authenticated attacker who has at least read-only admin permissions to escalate their privileges to super-admin by sending specially crafted requests to the Node.js websocket module.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can gain super-admin privileges, which could allow them to fully control the affected system, access sensitive data, modify configurations, and disrupt services, leading to significant security risks.