What is CVE-2025-53744?
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.
The record classifies CVE-2025-53744 under weakness class CWE-266. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 451 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 6.8 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 7.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2025-08-12, last modified 2026-08-11
Is CVE-2025-53744 being exploited?
Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2025-53744 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 25 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
- Fortinet: FortiOS
How to fix CVE-2025-53744
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-53744 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-53744
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-53744, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .