CVE-2025-24472: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2025-24472 · Severity: critical · CVSS 8.1 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-03-18
An authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain super-admin privileges on downstream devices. Exploitation requires the Security Fabric to be enabled and the attacker to have prior knowledge of upstream and downstream device serial numbers to craft malicious CSF proxy requests.
Yes. CVE-2025-24472 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 18 March 2025. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2025-24472?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 18 March 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
Fortinet FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16; Fortinet FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, 7.0.0 through 7.0.19.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-24472?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2025-24472 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-24472?
Check whether you run Fortinet FortiADC, Fortinet FortiOS, Fortinet FortiProxy or one of the others listed. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Affected products
Fortinet FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.16
Fortinet FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.12, 7.0.0 through 7.0.19
Timeline
2025-02-11: disclosed: NVD Published Date
2025-03-18: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
2025-03-18: exploited: Reported as exploited in the wild per CISA KEV entry