CVE-2025-24472

high Fortinet ⚠️ CISA KEV — Exploited in the Wild
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 14% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: February 11, 2025 (513 days ago)
Last Modified: July 8, 2026
Vendor: Fortinet
Source: NVD

⚠️ CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV: 2025-03-18
Remediation Due: 2025-04-08 (⚠ 457d overdue)
Ransomware Campaign: Known

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.

CWE

CWE-288

Affected Products

fortinet fortiproxyfortinet fortios

References

🔗 fortiguard.fortinet.com 🔗 www.cisa.gov