Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2025-25257
Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in Fortinet FortiWeb version 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10 and below 7.0.10 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized SQL code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.

INFO

Published Date :

July 17, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2025, 3:01 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Fortinet FortiWeb contains a SQL injection vulnerability that may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized SQL code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes :

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-151 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25257

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-25257 has a 15 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-25257 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fortinet fortiweb
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-25257.

URL Resource
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-151 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/0xbigshaq/CVE-2025-25257 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Public PoC for CVE-2025-25257: FortiWeb pre-auth SQLi to RCE

Python

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 19, 2025, 3:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE‑2025‑25257 is a critical pre-authentication SQL injection vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiWeb’s

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 19, 2025, 3:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

PoC for CVE-2025-25257, a critical unauthenticated SQL injection in FortiWeb. Exploits SQLi via the Authorization header to write a webshell and gain RCE. No login required. Fully automated.

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 15, 2025, 10 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2025, 7:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2025-25257

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2025, 4:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2025, 3:14 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Tool for detecting and exploiting CVE-2025-25257 in Fortinet FortiWeb.

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2025, 2:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Exploiting the CVE-2025-25257 vulnerability in FortiWeb. This repository demonstrates secure pre-authenticated SQL injection.

Python JavaScript

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2025, 12:05 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

FortiWeb CVE-2025-25257 exploit

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
46 stars 11 fork 11 watcher
Born at : July 11, 2025, 12:09 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
74 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : July 10, 2025, 5:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

2025护网POC

Updated: 1 day, 6 hours ago
37 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : July 2, 2025, 1:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

自动抓取微信公众号安全漏洞文章,转换为Markdown格式并建立本地知识库,每日持续更新。本项目基于 [原版wxvl](https://github.com/20142995/wxvl) 进行扩展。

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
10 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 19, 2025, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

CISA Bot is a GitHub bot that automatically monitors the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. When new vulnerabilities are published in the KEV, the bot creates GitHub issues in this repository with detailed information about each vulnerability.

Python

Updated: 1 day, 20 hours ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2024, 10:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 194 different CVEs too.

Latest CVEs with their Proof of Concept exploits.

Python

Updated: 1 day, 2 hours ago
89 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : May 24, 2024, 11:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 81 different CVEs too.

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 1 day ago
7149 stars 1193 fork 1193 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 818 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-25257 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Hacker News
Fire Ant Exploits VMware Flaws to Compromise ESXi Hosts and vCenter Environments

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Published Date: Jul 24, 2025 (1 week, 6 days ago)
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Sophos and SonicWall Patch Critical RCE Flaws Affecting Firewalls and SMA 100 Devices

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Published Date: Jul 24, 2025 (2 weeks ago)
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Storm-2603 Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Deploy Warlock Ransomware on Unpatched Systems

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Published Date: Jul 24, 2025 (2 weeks ago)
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Threat Actor Mimo Targets Magento and Docker to Deploy Crypto Miners and Proxyware

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Published Date: Jul 23, 2025 (2 weeks ago)
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CISA Warns: SysAid Flaws Under Active Attack Enable Remote File Access and SSRF

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Published Date: Jul 23, 2025 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
  • The Hacker News
CISA Orders Urgent Patching After Chinese Hackers Exploit SharePoint Flaws in Live Attacks

Jul 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on July 22, 2025, added two Microsoft SharePoint flaws, CVE-2025-497 ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 23, 2025 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
  • The Hacker News
Microsoft Links Ongoing SharePoint Exploits to Three Chinese Hacker Groups

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Published Date: Jul 22, 2025 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
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Cisco Confirms Active Exploits Targeting ISE Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated Root Access

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Published Date: Jul 22, 2025 (2 weeks, 2 days ago)
  • The Hacker News
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Published Date: Jul 22, 2025 (2 weeks, 2 days ago)
  • The Hacker News
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Published Date: Jul 21, 2025 (2 weeks, 3 days ago)
  • The Hacker News
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Published Date: Jul 21, 2025 (2 weeks, 3 days ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
Weekly Cybersecurity Newsletter: Chrome 0-Day, VMware Flaws Patched, Fortiweb Hack, Teams Abuse, and More

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Published Date: Jul 20, 2025 (2 weeks, 3 days ago)
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Published Date: Jul 20, 2025 (2 weeks, 3 days ago)
  • The Hacker News
Critical Unpatched SharePoint Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Breaches 75+ Global Organizations

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Published Date: Jul 20, 2025 (2 weeks, 4 days ago)
  • Help Net Security
Week in review: Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Chrome, critical SQL injection flaw in FortiWeb

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Update Google Chrome to fix actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-6558) For the fifth time this year, ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 20, 2025 (2 weeks, 4 days ago)
  • The Hacker News
Hackers Exploit Critical CrushFTP Flaw to Gain Admin Access on Unpatched Servers

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Published Date: Jul 20, 2025 (2 weeks, 4 days ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
CISA Warns of Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

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Published Date: Jul 19, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
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Published Date: Jul 19, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
FortiWeb SQL Injection (CVE-2025-25257) Added to CISA KEV After Active Exploitation, PoC Available!

A critical SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb, tracked as CVE-2025-25257, has been added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog following confirmation of active exploi ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 19, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
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Published Date: Jul 19, 2025 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-25257 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.0.11 *cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.2.0 up to (excluding) 7.2.11 *cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.4.0 up to (excluding) 7.4.8 *cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.6.0 up to (excluding) 7.6.4
    Added Reference Type Fortinet, Inc.: https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-151 Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://github.com/0xbigshaq/CVE-2025-25257 Types: Third Party Advisory
  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Jul. 19, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2025-07-18
    Added Due Date 2025-08-08
    Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
    Added Vulnerability Name Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in Fortinet FortiWeb version 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10 and below 7.0.10 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized SQL code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-89
    Added Reference https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-151
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jul. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/0xbigshaq/CVE-2025-25257
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-25257 is associated with the following CWEs:

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