CVE-2025-22859
A Relative Path Traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-22859- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-14956- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q7rh-46fc-x4wh
A Relative Path Traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and...
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.
- Record
GHSA-q7rh-46fc-x4wh- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-22859- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-22859 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Fortinet Forticlientems, published May 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.