CVE-2025-53609 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-53609

Vendor Fortinet
Product FortiWeb
Weakness CWE-23
Published September 9, 2025
Last update January 14, 2026

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 9, 2025 CVE published
January 14, 2026 Record updated