Vulnerability

CVE-2025-53744

High· 7.2CVSS7.2EPSS1%

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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.

Threat signal

75/100

High

Severity

high

CVSS

7.2

EPSS

Active

CVSS

v3.1via NVDOpen in FIRST calculator →

7.2/ 10HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredHighAdmin / root privileges required.
User InteractionNoneFully automated — no victim action needed.
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactHighTotal compromise of integrity — full data modification possible.
Availability ImpactHighTotal loss of availability — full DoS possible.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

0.68%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p72

higher than 72% of all CVEs

3-day trend↑ 0pp

Low exploitation likelihood — defer if no other signals fire.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2025-53744. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCTrack

Total impact on non-trivial mission systems

exploitation: none
automatable: no
impact: total
mission: support

Lifecycle

2025-08-12Published
2026-06-09Last modified1 source

References

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