Vulnerability record

CVE-2025-64446

Fortinet FortiWeb Path Traversal Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run FortiGate / FortiOS, fix it now.

CISA 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.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Nov 21, 2025.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

A relative path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.11 may allow an attacker to execute administrative commands on the system via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
FortiGate / FortiOSFortinet>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.12; >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.12; >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.10; >= 7.6.0, < 7.6.5; >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.27.0.12; 7.2.12; 7.4.10; 7.6.5; 8.0.2KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2025-64446 scored CVSS 9.8: Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiWeb Path Traversal Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched FortiWeb systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • fortiguard.com https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-910
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64446
  • fortiguard.fortinet.com https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-910
  • github.com https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Fortiweb-AuthBypass
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-64446