CVE-2025-22254 — Improper Privilege Management in Fortinet Fortios

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
CNA6.6
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Fortinet FortiosFortinet FortiproxyFortinet Fortiweb
Timeline
PublishedJun 10

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 websocke…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDfortinet/fortios6.4.0 — 6.4.16+4
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortios7.6.0 — 7.6.1+4
▶NVDfortinet/fortiweb7.4.0 — 7.4.7+1
▶NVDfortinet/fortiproxy7.4.0 — 7.4.8+1
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortiweb7.6.0 — 7.6.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-r2j8-539m-45q5: An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] affecting Fortinet FortiOS version 7↗2025-06-10
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CVEList
CVE-2025-22254: An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7↗2025-06-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Fortinet
Privilege escalation in GUI websocket module↗2025-06-10
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