CVE-2025-52970

A improper handling of parameters in Fortinet FortiWeb versions 7.6.3 and below, versions 7.4.7 and below, versions 7.2.10 and below, and 7.0.10 and below may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker with non-public information pertaining to the device and targeted user to gain admin privileges on the device via a specially crafted request.

Affected

Fortinet · FortiWeb

CVSS v3.1 FORTINET

8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

10.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-223

Published

2025-08-12

Updated

2026-01-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• https://pwner.gg/blog/2025-08-13-fortiweb-cve-2025-52970
• 34zY/CVE-2025-529708★ · 2025-09-07
• Hex00-0x4/FortiWeb-CVE-2025-52970-Authentication-Bypass9★ · 2025-08-23
• imbas007/POC-CVE-2025-529700★ · 2025-10-05

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-52970.yaml

Security advisories

• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-448

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-6074
• CVE-2021-40444
• CVE-2021-44228
• CVE-2022-24112
• CVE-2022-26134
• CVE-2025-14177