Improper privilege management in Fortinet products

1) Improper privilege management

EUVDB-ID: #VU111054

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22254

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in GUI websocket module. An authenticated attacker with at least read-only admin permissions can gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiOS: 6.4.0 - 7.6.1

FortiProxy: 7.4.0 - 7.6.1

FortiWeb: 7.4.0 - 7.6.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-006

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.