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Vulnerability · 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 p

Published May 13, 2025 · catalog updated May 13, 2025 · Fortinet FortiClientEMS

Check this week

CVE-2025-22859 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 60.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Fortinet FortiClientEMS.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
60.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 ≤7.4.1

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 ≤7.4.17.4.0 ≤7.4.1

How to fix CVE-2025-22859

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-22859 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 60.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Fortinet FortiClientEMS.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 ≤7.4.1 7.4.0 ≤7.4.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 60.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Fortinet security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. May 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-22859

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14956

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.