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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-006
Scores
CVSS v3
6.6
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
44.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (3)
fortinet/fortios
6.4.0 - 6.4.16
fortinet/fortiproxy
7.4.0 - 7.4.8
fortinet/fortiweb
7.4.0 - 7.4.7
Published
Jun 10, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026