CVE-2025-24472High· 8.1▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildPoC availableAn 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 k…
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 44.6 · likelihood 1.4 · exploitation 25 · ransomware 5
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 29.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Federal remediation due Apr 8, 2025
Last analysed / modified upstream
3.3%
1 GitHub repo
3.3% → 7.2%
Added to the CISA catalog on Mar 18, 2025. Federal remediation due Apr 8, 2025. View catalog ↗
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.
fortiproxy >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.20fortiproxy >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.13fortios >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.17Upgrade past the affected range:
fortiproxy 7.2.13fortios 7.0.17Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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