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Fortinet FortiWeb create new local admin

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Disclosed
Nov 14, 2025
Created
Nov 14, 2025

Description

This auxiliary module exploits an authentication bypass via path traversal vulnerability in the Fortinet
FortiWeb management interface to create a new local administrator user account. This vulnerability affects the
following versions:

* FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.1 (Patched in 8.0.2 and above)
* FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.4 (Patched in 7.6.5 and above)
* FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.9 (Patched in 7.4.10 and above)
* FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.11 (Patched in 7.2.12 and above)
* FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.11 (Patched in 7.0.12 and above)

Authors

Defused
sfewer-r7

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/fortinet_fortiweb_create_admin
    msf auxiliary(fortinet_fortiweb_create_admin) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(fortinet_fortiweb_create_admin) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(fortinet_fortiweb_create_admin) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(fortinet_fortiweb_create_admin) > run
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