vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS: Improper Privilege Management (CVE-2025-22254)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 10, 2025
Added
Jul 24, 2025
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] affecting Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and before 6.4.15, FortiProxy version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1 and before 7.4.7 & FortiWeb version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1 and before 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 websocket module.

Solutions

fortios-upgrade-6_4_16fortios-upgrade-7_0_17fortios-upgrade-7_2_11fortios-upgrade-7_4_7fortios-upgrade-7_6_2
Title
NEW

Explore Exposure Command

Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.