Is CVE-2025-53744 being actively exploited?

CVE-2025-53744 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-53744?

CVE-2025-53744 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2025-53744

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-266
EPSS score: 0.6% (50th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2025-24469)
Published: August 12, 2025
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-24469 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 15, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fortinet / fortios

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Fortinet, Inc. FortiOS 7.0.7 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria NSCIB-CC-0590233-CR - active

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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