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CVE-2024-52965: fortinet fortios Missing Critical Step in Authentication

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 08-07-2025Last modified 08-07-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-52965 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Missing Critical Step in Authentication vulnerability in fortinet fortios. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-07-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability [CWE-304] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, and before 7.0.16 & FortiProxy version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2.0 through 7.2.13 and before 7.0.20 allows an API-user using api-key + PKI user certificate authentication to login even if the certificate is invalid.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet2 products
  • fortios≥ 7.6.0, ≤ 7.6.1 | ≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.5 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.10 | ≥ 7.0.1, ≤ 7.0.16 | ≥ 7.0.1, < 7.0.17 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.11 | ≥ 7.4.0, < 7.4.6 | 7.6.0 | 7.6.1
  • fortiproxy≥ 7.6.0, ≤ 7.6.1 | ≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.8 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.13 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.20 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.21 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.14 | ≥ 7.4.0, < 7.4.9 | ≥ 7.6.0, < 7.6.2

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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