Fortinet FortiPAM/FortiSRA up to 1.4.1 HTTP Request insufficient permissions or privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Fortinet FortiPAM and FortiSRA up to 1.4.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component HTTP Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in insufficient permissions or privileges. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-22256. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiPAM and FortiSRA up to 1.4.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-280. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges in Fortinet FortiPAM 1.4.0 through 1.4.1, 1.3.0, 1.2.0, 1.1.0 through 1.1.2, 1.0.0 through 1.0.3, FortiSRA 1.4.0 through 1.4.1 allows attacker to improper access control via specially crafted HTTP requests

It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-22256 since 01/02/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Class: Insufficient permissions or privileges
CWE: CWE-280 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/02/2025 🔍
06/10/2025 +158 days 🔍
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07/25/2025 +45 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: fortinet.com

Advisory: FG-IR-25-008
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-22256 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-22256
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-311919

Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2025 19:06
Updated: 07/25/2025 02:42
Changes: 06/10/2025 19:06 (63), 07/25/2025 02:42 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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