CVE-2024-55594 Code injection in FortiWeb

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can execute unauthorized code or commands on Fortinet FortiWeb devices by sending crafted HTTP/S requests due to improper handling of invalid structures.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-55594?

CVE-2024-55594 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, published on 14 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper handling of syntactically invalid structure in Fortinet FortiWeb at least vesrions 7.4.0 through 7.4.6 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.10 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.10 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via HTTP/S crafted requests.

Weakness: CWE-228

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55594?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiweb.

How do I fix CVE-2024-55594?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-55594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2024-55594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-x5rc-p5hc-wc9m.

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