⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2025-07-18. Federal agencies required to patch by 2025-08-08. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2025-25257

CWE-89SQL Injection12 documents10 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
17.2%
top 4.97%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2025-07-18
Due 2025-08-08
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 17
KEV addedJul 18
KEV dueAug 8
Latest updateFeb 4
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.10 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized SQL code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDfortinet/fortiweb7.0.07.0.11+3
CVEListV5fortinet/fortiweb7.6.07.6.3+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
CVE-2025-25257: An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 72025-07-17
GHSA
GHSA-mj4r-rpwm-gg33: An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in Fortinet FortiWeb version 72025-07-17
VulnCheck
Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Vulnerability2025

💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
FortiWeb Fabric Connector 7.6.x - SQL Injection to Remote Code Execution2026-02-04
Nuclei
Fortinet FortiWeb - SQL Injection

🔍Detection Rules

2
Suricata
ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Fortinet FortiWeb Fabric Connector Unauthenticated SQL Injection (CVE-2025-25257) M12025-07-14
Suricata
ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Fortinet FortiWeb Fabric Connector Unauthenticated SQL Injection (CVE-2025-25257) M22025-07-14

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Vulnerability2025-07-18
Fortinet
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] vulnerabi...2025-07-17

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Bleepingcomputer
New Fortinet FortiWeb hacks likely linked to public RCE exploits2025-07-16
CVE-2025-25257 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | An improper neutralization of speci | cvebase.io