Description
This exploit module exploits an authentication bypass via path traversal vulnerability in the Fortinet FortiWeb management interface to create a new local administrator user account. From there a command injection vulnerability is leveraged to achieve RCE with root privileges.
The auth bypass CVE-2025-64446 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)
The command injection CVE-2025-58034 affects the following versions (Note the 7.6 and 7.4 branches are very slightly different when compared to the patch versions for CVE-2025-64446:
* FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.1 (Patched in 8.0.2 and above) * FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.5 (Patched in 7.6.6 and above) <-- slight difference * FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.10 (Patched in 7.4.11 and above) <-- slight difference * 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)
Note: Unsupported versions 6.* are also affected.
This exploit module has been confirmed to work against 8.0.1, 7.4.8, 6.4.3, and 6.3.9.
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 exploit/linux/http/fortinet/fortiweb_rcemsf undefined(fortiweb_rce) > show actions ...actions...msf undefined(fortiweb_rce) > set ACTION < action-name >msf undefined(fortiweb_rce) > show options ...show and set options...msf undefined(fortiweb_rce) > runPrioritise with Active Threat Intelligence
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