Improper privilege management in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2025-22254
Published: June 11, 2025 / Updated: June 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111054
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiOS
FortiProxy
FortiWeb
FortiOS
FortiProxy
FortiWeb
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-22254
Install update from vendor's website.