Fortinet FortiWeb up to 8.0.1 password hash instead of password for authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 7.0.11/7.2.11/7.4.10/7.6.4/8.0.1. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to use of password hash instead of password for authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-64471. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 7.0.11/7.2.11/7.4.10/7.6.4/8.0.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use of password hash instead of password for authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-836. The product records password hashes in a data store, receives a hash of a password from a client, and compares the supplied hash to the hash obtained from the data store. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A use of password hash instead of password for authentication vulnerability [CWE-836] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.10, FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.11 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to use the hash in place of the password to authenticate via crafted HTTP/HTTPS requests

The advisory is shared at fortiguard.fortinet.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-64471 since 11/05/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1550.002 for this issue.

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
• 7.4.9
• 7.4.10
• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.3
• 7.6.4
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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