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CVE-2025-53609
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 10.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-23
Description
A Relative Path Traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0.2 through 7.0.11 may allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file read on the underlying system via crafted requests.
Affected products
- Fortinet FortiWeb: from 7.0.2 before 7.2.12; from 7.4.0 before 7.4.9; from 7.6.0 before 7.6.5 — fixed in 7.2.12, 7.4.9, 7.6.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiWeb 7.2.12, 7.4.9, 7.6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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