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FortiWeb Fabric Connector unauthenticated SQL injection leading to RCE

CVE-2025-25257Critical, CVSS 9.8In CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 18 Jul 2025

  • Exploited after a fix existed
FixedFixed for every supported version on the day it became public.

Response

Silence
same day
First public report to first vendor statementUnverified source
Exposure
same day
First public report to first fixUnverified source
Follow-through
same day
First public report to a fix for every supported versionUnverified source
  • Vendor silent
  • Vendor statement, no fix
  • Fixed for some versions
  • Fixed when disclosed
  • Date only, no time of day

Timeline and evidence

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  1. First public report

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    Fortinet PSIRT FG-IR-25-151CuratedQuote not checked yet

    2025-07-08: Initial publication

    Coordinated disclosure (reported by Kentaro Kawane, GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae); public PoC and exploitation followed days later.

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    Fortinet PSIRT FG-IR-25-151 vendor advisory
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    5 more sources for this moment
    Bluesky postClaimedQuote not checked yet9 Jul 2025, 05:41 UTC

    Fortinetが複数製品の脆弱性を開示、FortiWebの「Critical」な脆弱性など：CVE-2025-25257他 | Codebook｜Security News https://codebook.machinarecord.com/threatreport/silobreaker-cyber-alert/39705/

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    Mastodon postClaimedQuote not checked yet14 Jul 2025, 11:19 UTC

    🚨 In this week’s Threat Alert Newsletter: exploitation of CVE-2025-25257 in Fortinet’s FortiWeb Fabric Connector. We break down how the exploit works, what CrowdSec sees on the network, and steps to stay protected. Read more 👇 🧵1/6 #

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    Hacker NewsClaimedQuote not checked yet15 Jul 2025, 06:44 UTC

    Pre-Auth SQLi to RCE – Fortinet FortiWeb Fabric Connector (CVE-2025-25257)

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    CVE.org record CVE-2025-25257ClaimedQuote verified17 Jul 2025, 15:10 UTC

    An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.7,

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    CISA KEV (CVE-2025-25257)ClaimedQuote verified18 Jul 2025

    Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Vulnerability

    Added to CISA's KEV catalog on 2025-07-18.

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  2. Vendor statement

    date onlysame dayUnverified: no archived copy, quote not checked yet

    Fortinet PSIRT FG-IR-25-151CuratedQuote not checked yet

    2025-07-08: Initial publication

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    Fortinet PSIRT FG-IR-25-151 vendor advisory
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  3. First workaround

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    Fortinet PSIRT FG-IR-25-151 (Wayback snapshot 2025-07-09 15:18 UTC)CuratedQuote verified

    Disable HTTP/HTTPS administrative interface

    Workaround in the snapshot taken the day after initial publication, whose timeline shows only the initial publication.

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  4. First fix

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    Fortinet PSIRT FG-IR-25-151 (Wayback snapshot 2025-07-09 15:18 UTC)CuratedQuote verified

    Upgrade to 7.6.4 or above

    Fixed releases listed at initial publication; they may have shipped earlier (not verified). Upper bound: fixed builds may have shipped earlier; only the date shown here is evidenced (R2).

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  5. Fixed for all versions

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    Fortinet PSIRT FG-IR-25-151 (Wayback snapshot 2025-07-09 15:18 UTC)CuratedQuote verified

    Upgrade to 7.0.11 or above

    All four affected branches (7.6, 7.4, 7.2, 7.0) had fixes at initial publication.

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This advisory changed after publication

  1. FG-IR-25-151

    Recorded in the revision history

    Unauthenticated SQL injection in GUI

    Advisory now says the bug is exploited.

    • Exploitation status
    Exploitation status
    Beforenot stated
    Aftervendor aware of exploitation
    Earlier version captured 17 Jul 2025, 04:07 UTC: archived copyLater version captured 18 Jul 2025, 10:21 UTC: archived copyRecovered from archived copiesSnapshots d9acc11387… and e565c3665e…Incident page

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Affected products

  • FortiWeb
How we built this timeline

Coordinated disclosure 8 Jul 2025 with fixes and a workaround; exploitation came after a public PoC (watchTowr, 11 Jul 2025, per contemporaneous reporting, not fetched here). Fortinet added '18 Jul 2025: CVE observed to be exploited' to the timeline, the same day as the KEV listing.

Oddity: the CVE record's datePublished is 17 Jul 2025, nine days after the advisory, so the CVE record is not used as a Vendor statement candidate. Fortinet CVSSv3 9.8.

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