CVE-2025-64446
Fortinet FortiWeb: Path Traversal
As of , CVE-2025-64446 in Fortinet FortiWeb 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 14 November 2025
- US federal deadline
- 21 November 20257 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.92Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- 2 Metasploit modules and 2 Exploit-DB entries
- Fix
- Vendor advice: www.fortiguard.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 FortiWeb contains a relative path traversal vulnerability that may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute administrative commands on the system via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from fortinet
- CVE published
- 14 November 2025
- Assigned by
- fortinet
- CVSS
- 9.4 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-23
- Relative Path Traversal
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- 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.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 52495).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 52502).
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Fortinet FortiWeb unauthenticated RCEexploit module, rank excellent
- Metasploit: Fortinet FortiWeb create new local adminauxiliary module, rank normal
- Exploit-DB: FortiWeb 8.0.2 - Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 52502, 8 April 2026
- Exploit-DB: Fortinet FortiWeb v8.0.1 - Auth BypassEDB-ID 52495, 6 April 2026
FortiWeb: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-58034OS Command Injection | Fortinet FortiWeb | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.56 | 0.56 | ||
| CVE-2025-25257SQL Injection | Fortinet FortiWeb | Patch this weekEPSS 0.99 | 0.99 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org