CVE-2025-64446
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.
do firstApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Can a WAF block it? Yes. Relative path traversal sends `../` style sequences in the request, which WAF rules catch. Cloudflare also publishes a rule written for this CVE.
Cloudflare · 1 rule (Block) · since 24 Nov 2025
- FortiWeb - Authentication Bypass via CGIINFO Header - CVE:CVE-2025-64446 · Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
Also consider: allow-list
Based on WAF vendor rules published for this CVE. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2025-64446 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2025-64446 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2025-64446?
CVE-2025-64446 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-64446?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-64446. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-64446 affect?
CVE-2025-64446 affects fortinet:fortiweb. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
- affected>= 8.0.0 and <= 8.0.1
- affected>= 7.6.0 and <= 7.6.4
- affected>= 7.4.0 and <= 7.4.9
- affected>= 7.2.0 and <= 7.2.11
- affected>= 7.0.0 and <= 7.0.11
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
public exploits
Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB · 2 Metasploit modules · 13 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template
- FortiWeb 8.0.2 - Remote Code Execution · webapps · 8 Apr 2026
- Fortinet FortiWeb v8.0.1 - Auth Bypass · webapps · 6 Apr 2026
- exploit/linux/http/fortinet_fortiweb_rce · exploit · excellent
- auxiliary/admin/http/fortinet_fortiweb_create_admin · auxiliary · normal
- FortiWeb - Authentication Bypass · detection template · critical
- sensepost/CVE-2025-64446 · 34 ★
- soltanali0/CVE-2025-64446-Exploit · 15 ★
- sxyrxyy/CVE-2025-64446-FortiWeb-CGI-Bypass-PoC · 14 ★
- fevar54/CVE-2025-64446-PoC---FortiWeb-Path-Traversal · 7 ★
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- yes
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 15 Nov 2025 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 14 Nov 2025Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild)
- 14 Nov 2025First public exploit or proof of concept · same day later
- 14 Nov 2025Published · 1 day later
- 15 Nov 2025CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · 1 day later
- 21 Nov 2025CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 6 days later
- 26 Feb 2026CVE record last updated · 98 days (about 3 months) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 249 days (about 8 months) later
- Exploitgithub.com /watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Fortiweb-AuthBypass
- Linkfortiguard.fortinet.com /psirt/FG-IR-25-910
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-64446
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Exploit-DB: published exploits
- Metasploit Framework: exploit and scanner modules
- Nuclei templates: detection templates
- PoC-in-GitHub: GitHub repositories that claim a proof of concept
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.