CVE-2025-22254

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Publication date:

10/06/2025

Last modified:

14/01/2026

Description

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiProxy 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.60 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.60

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	6.4.0 (including)	6.4.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	7.0.0 (including)	7.0.17 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	7.2.0 (including)	7.2.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	7.4.0 (including)	7.4.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::	7.6.0 (including)	7.6.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy::::::::	7.4.0 (including)	7.4.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy::::::::	7.6.0 (including)	7.6.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb::::::::	7.4.0 (including)	7.4.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb::::::::	7.6.0 (including)	7.6.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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