# CVE-2025-24472: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-24472-fortinet-fortios-and-fortiproxy-authentication-bypass  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-18. Updated: 2026-05-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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.

Technologies: [Fortinet FortiADC](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/fortiadc), [Fortinet FortiOS](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/fortios), [Fortinet FortiProxy](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/fortiproxy), [Fortinet FortiProxy SSL-VPN](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/fortiproxy-ssl-vpn). Vendors: [Fortinet](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/fortinet).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-24472 exploited in the wild?** 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

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