CVE-2025-24472
Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy: Authentication Bypass
As of , CVE-2025-24472 in Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 18 March 2025
- US federal deadline
- 8 April 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- EPSS score
- 0.07Higher than 94% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: fortiguard.fortinet.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted CSF proxy requests.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from fortinet
- CVE published
- 11 February 2025
- Assigned by
- fortinet
- CVSS
- 8.1 High (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-288
- Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
FortiOS and FortiProxy: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-55591Authentication Bypass | Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.94 | 0.94 | ||
| CVE-2018-13382Improper Authorization | Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.82 | 0.82 | ||
| CVE-2018-13383Out-of-bounds Write | Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.34 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org