Fortinet FortiWeb up to 7.0.11/7.2.11/7.4.8/7.6.4 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 7.0.11/7.2.11/7.4.8/7.6.4 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53609. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 7.0.11/7.2.11/7.4.8/7.6.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A Relative Path Traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0.2 through 7.0.11 may allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file read on the underlying system via crafted requests.

The advisory is available at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53609 since 07/07/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiWeb

Version

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.2.9
• 7.2.10
• 7.2.11
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3
• 7.4.4
• 7.4.5
• 7.4.6
• 7.4.7
• 7.4.8
• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.3
• 7.6.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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