critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2025-64446Fortinet FortiWeb — path traversal runs administrative commands

FortiWeb 7.0 through 8.0.1 lets a crafted request escape its path and reach administrative commands with no sign-in at all, which is enough to take the appliance over.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply Fortinet FG-IR-25-910 now; exploit code is public, so treat an exposed appliance as compromised and review its administrator accounts.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
92%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2025-11-14
Added to KEV
2025-11-14
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsNetwork access to the appliance's web interface; no credentials needed.

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2025-64446 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24