{"id":"CVE-2025-24472","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-24472","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T08:11:03.697Z","title":"Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability","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.","published":"2025-02-11T17:15:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-05T05:16:43.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@fortinet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-288"],"affected":["fortinet/fortiproxy","fortinet/fortios"],"epss":{"score":0.07235,"percentile":0.9432,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-03-18","dueDate":"2025-04-08","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24472"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 8 April 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@fortinet.com"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24472","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24472","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}