High severity · published Oct 14, 2025
CVE-2025-25253
An Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch vulnerability [CWE-297] in FortiProxy version 7.6.1 and below, version 7.4.8 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions…
7.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch vulnerability [CWE-297] in FortiProxy version 7.6.1 and below, version 7.4.8 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions and FortiOS version 7.6.2 and below, version 7.4.8 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions ZTNA proxy may allow an unauthenticated attacker in a man-in-the middle position to intercept and tamper with connections to the ZTNA proxy
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
7.6.0 through 7.6.2; 7.4.0 through 7.4.8; 7.2.0 through 7.2.12; 7.0.0 through 7.0.18 · source: vendor, NVD
FO
FortiPAM · Fortinet
1.4.1 · source: vendor
FO
FortiProxy · Fortinet
7.6.0 through 7.6.1; 7.4.0 through 7.4.8; 7.2.0 through 7.2.15; 7.0.0 through 7.0.22 · source: vendor, NVD
RA
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25253
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25253
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-457
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-864900.html
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