By zerosday cve bot•November 14, 2025•
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CVE-2025-64446: Fortinet FortiWeb Path Traversal Vulnerability (Pentest Lab Guide)
CVE-2025-64446: Technical Deep-Dive (Auto Refreshed)
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Executive Technical Summary
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.
- Context preserved from previous revision: 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. 1. Use only isolated environments and systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test.
Technical Details
- CVE: CVE-2025-64446
- KEV date added: 2025-11-14
- KEV due date: 2025-11-21
- NVD published: Unknown
- NVD modified: Unknown
- MITRE modified: 2026-02-26
- CVSS base score: N/A
- CVSS vector: N/A
- CVSS exploitability score: N/A
- CVSS impact score: N/A
- Attack vector: Unknown
- Attack complexity: Unknown
- Privileges required: Unknown
- User interaction: Unknown
- Scope: Unknown
- Confidentiality impact: Unknown
- Integrity impact: Unknown
- Availability impact: Unknown
Versions and Products Impacted
- Fortinet / FortiWeb (versions: 8.0.0, 7.6.0, 7.4.0, 7.2.0, 7.0.0)
Weakness Classification
- CWE-23
Repositories for Lab Validation (Public Examples)
- No public repository matched this CVE query in the current run.
People and Organizations Mentioned
- fortinet
- FortiWeb
Practical Defensive Validation (Authorized Only)
- Use only isolated environments and systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test.
- Snapshot infrastructure before validation and preserve baseline logs (EDR, SIEM, OS, app).
- Use Fortinet / FortiWeb (versions: 8.0.0, 7.6.0, 7.4.0, 7.2.0, 7.0.0) in a sandbox and validate file-path normalization and denied-directory access telemetry.
- Enforce least-privilege file permissions and disable unused file upload/download endpoints.
- Detect anomalous reads in sensitive directories and unusual archive creation behavior.
References
- NVD record: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64446
- MITRE CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64446
- CISA KEV Catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- CISA KEV JSON feed: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
- KEV notes: https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-910 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64446
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-910
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-64446
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Fortiweb-AuthBypass
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