Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU111054

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: 7.5 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22254

CWE-ID: CWE-269

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

FortiOS
FortiWeb
FortiProxy

How to mitigate CVE-2025-22254

Install update from vendor's website.

FortiOS - addressed in versions 6.4.16, 7.0.17, 7.2.11, 7.4.7, 7.6.2
FortiWeb - addressed in versions 7.4.7, 7.6.2
FortiProxy - addressed in versions 7.4.8, 7.6.2

External References

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

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