Fortiweb
CVE-2021-41025
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Concurrency control, locking
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Multiple vulnerabilities in the authentication mechanism of confd in FortiWeb versions 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.3.0 through 6.3.15, 6.2.0 through 6.2.6, 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, 6.0.0 thorugh 6.0.7, including an. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-362. Multiple vulnerabilities in the authentication mechanism of confd in FortiWeb versions 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.3.0 through 6.3.15, 6.2.0 through 6.2.6, 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, 6.0.0 thorugh 6.0.7, including an instance of concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization and one of authentication bypass by capture-replay, may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to circumvent the authentication process and authenticate as a legitimate cluster peer. Affected products include: Fortinet Fortiweb. Version information: through 6.3.15.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Multiple vulnerabilities in the authentication mechanism of confd in FortiWeb versions 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.3.0 through 6.3.15, 6.2.0 through 6.2.6, 6.1.0 through 6.1.2, 6.0.0 thorugh 6.0.7, including an instance of concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization and one of authentication bypass by capture-replay, may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to circumvent the authentication process and authenticate as a legitimate cluster peer.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Race conditions occur when multiple concurrent requests exploit the brief time gap between checking a condition and acting upon it (TOCTOU - Time of Check, Time of Use).
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Fortinet FortiWeb contains a relative path traversal allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute administrative comman
Fortinet FortiWeb contains an authenticated OS command injection allowing privilege escalation to execute unauthorized c
A improper handling of parameters in Fortinet FortiWeb versions 7.6.3 and below, versions 7.4.7 and below, versions 7.2.
Arbitrary file write and folder deletion in Fortinet FortiManager, FortiOS, and FortiProxy is possible via a path traver
A buffer underwrite ('buffer underflow') vulnerability in the administrative interface of Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation in FortiWeb GUI interface 6.3.0 through 6.3.7 and version
Authentication bypass in Fortinet FortiWeb (versions 7.0.0-7.0.12, 7.2.0-7.2.12, 7.4.0-7.4.11, 7.6.0-7.6.6, and 8.0.0-8.
Authentication bypass in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0, 7.6.0-7.6.4, and 7.4.0-7.4.9 allows unauthenticated remote attackers t
A stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiWeb version 6.4.0, version 6.3.15 and below, 6.2.5 and below allows attac
Privilege escalation via path traversal affects multiple Fortinet appliances - FortiWeb (6.4, 7.0, 7.2, 7.4.0-7.4.4, 7.6
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the
Multiple improper authorization vulnerabilities [CWE-285] in FortiWeb version 7.4.2 and below, version 7.2.7 and below,
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