7.2

CVE-2025-53744: fortinet fortios Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Modified
Published 12-08-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-53744 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in fortinet fortios. EPSS estimates a 0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.9% 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
0.64%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability [CWE-266] in FortiOS Security Fabric version 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, may allow a remote authenticated attacker with high privileges to escalate their privileges to super-admin via registering the device to a malicious FortiManager.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.03 pp

From 0.61% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet1 product
  • fortios≥ 6.4.0, < 7.4.8 | ≥ 7.6.0, < 7.6.3 | ≥ 7.6.0, ≤ 7.6.2 | ≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.7 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.11 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.17 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.16

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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