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CVE-2025-24472

8.1 HIGH Known exploited Published 2025-02-11 Modified 2026-08-05 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability — Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy

Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted CSF proxy requests.

Added to KEV
2025-03-18
Remediation due
2025-04-08
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24472
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-02-11
Last modified
2026-08-05
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-288

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker with prior knowledge of upstream and downstream devices serial numbers to gain super-admin privileges on the downstream device, if the Security Fabric is enabled, via crafted CSF proxy requests.

Affected configurations

• fortinet fortiproxy (>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.20) • fortinet fortiproxy (>= 7.2.0 < 7.2.13) • fortinet fortios (>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.17)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel weakness

References