CVE-2025-22254

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Score

Published: June 10, 2025 at 04:36 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:45 AM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorFortiOSFortiProxyFortiWeb

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Severity

HIGH7.2

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.8%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FortiOS · Fortinet

95%

6.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.156.4.0 ≤ v < 6.4.167.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.167.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.177.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.107.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.117.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.4.67.4.0 ≤ v < 7.4.77.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.6.17.6.0 ≤ v < 7.6.26.4.0 6.4.1 6.4.10 6.4.11 6.4.12 6.4.13 6.4.14 6.4.15 6.4.2 6.4.3 6.4.4 6.4.5 6.4.6 6.4.7 6.4.8 6.4.9 7.0.0 7.0.1 7.0.10 7.0.11 7.0.12 7.0.13 7.0.14 7.0.15 7.0.16 7.0.2 7.0.3 7.0.4 7.0.5 7.0.6 7.0.7 7.0.8 7.0.9 7.2.0 7.2.1 7.2.10 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5 7.2.6 7.2.7 7.2.8 7.2.9 7.4.0 7.4.1 7.4.2 7.4.3 7.4.4 7.4.5 7.4.6 7.6.0 7.6.1

Affected range stops below 6.4.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.2.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.4.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

FortiProxy · Fortinet

95%

7.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.4.77.4.0 ≤ v < 7.4.87.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.6.17.6.0 ≤ v < 7.6.27.4.0 7.4.1 7.4.2 7.4.3 7.4.4 7.4.5 7.4.6 7.4.7 7.6.0 7.6.1

Affected range stops below 7.4.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

FortiWeb · Fortinet

95%

7.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.4.67.4.0 ≤ v < 7.4.77.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.6.17.6.0 ≤ v < 7.6.27.4.0 7.4.1 7.4.2 7.4.3 7.4.4 7.4.5 7.4.6 7.6.0 7.6.1

Affected range stops below 7.4.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

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

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-269

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