High severity · published Jun 10, 2025
CVE-2025-22254
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…
7.2
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
6.4.0 before 6.4.16; 7.0.0 before 7.0.17; 7.2.0 before 7.2.11; 7.4.0 before 7.4.7; 7.6.0 before 7.6.2 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
7.4.0 before 7.4.8; 7.6.0 before 7.6.2 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiweb · Fortinet
7.4.0 before 7.4.7; 7.6.0 before 7.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22254
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22254
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-006
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