CVE-2025-22859

A Relative Path Traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and FortiClientEMS Cloud 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a limited arbitrary file write on the system via upload requests.

Published: 2025-05-13 Last update: 2025-07-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-22859 is rated Low Risk (35.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.51%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-22859

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.32% 0.51% +0.19%
2 2026-03-09 0.06% 0.32% +0.26%
3 2025-05-14 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-22859

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-22859

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-22859

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fortinet forticlientems >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet forticlientems_cloud >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-22859

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