Tag: waf
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Paris, The Thinker, and why your WAF should block XSS by default
With Thales HQ in Paris, it felt right to detour to the Musée Rodin and stand before The Thinker, the bronze giant by Auguste Rodin whose clenched posture and chin-in-hand stance have become a universal symbol of deep judgment. Conceived for The Gates of Hell in 1880 and first cast monumentally in 1904, The Thinker……
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Developers left large cache of credentials exposed on code generation websites
Tags: ai, api, authentication, banking, credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, fortinet, government, healthcare, infrastructure, leak, mssp, service, vulnerability, waf, zero-day/service/getDataFromID API endpoint, watchTowr was able to extract the content behind each link from 80,000+ downloaded submissions, five years of historical JSON Formatter content, one year of historical Code Beautify content, 5GB+ of enriched data, annotated JSON data, plus thousands of secrets. These included:Active Directory credentialsCode repository authentication keysDatabase credentialsLDAP configuration informationCloud environment keysFTP credentialsCI/CD…
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Developers left large cache of credentials exposed on code generation websites
Tags: ai, api, authentication, banking, credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, fortinet, government, healthcare, infrastructure, leak, mssp, service, vulnerability, waf, zero-day/service/getDataFromID API endpoint, watchTowr was able to extract the content behind each link from 80,000+ downloaded submissions, five years of historical JSON Formatter content, one year of historical Code Beautify content, 5GB+ of enriched data, annotated JSON data, plus thousands of secrets. These included:Active Directory credentialsCode repository authentication keysDatabase credentialsLDAP configuration informationCloud environment keysFTP credentialsCI/CD…
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Metasploit Releases New Exploit for Fresh FortiWeb 0-Day Vulnerabilities
Tags: authentication, cve, cyber, exploit, firewall, flaw, fortinet, injection, remote-code-execution, vulnerability, waf, zero-dayRapid7’s Metasploit team has released a new exploit module targeting critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Fortinet’s FortiWeb web application firewall, chaining two security flaws to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges.”‹ CVE ID Vulnerability Type Affected Product Impact CVE-2025-64446 Authentication Bypass Fortinet FortiWeb Administrative account creation, privilege escalation CVE-2025-58034 Command Injection Fortinet FortiWeb Remote…
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Fortinet criticized for ‘silent’ patching after disclosing second zero-day vulnerability in same equipment
Patching advice: Affected versions of FortiWeb include 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, and 8.0.0 through 8.0.1. Fixes are applied, in the same order, by releases 7.0.12, 7.2.12, 7.4.10, 7.6.5, and 8.0.2.Meanwhile, the widespread use of FortiWeb WAFS in government has prompted a warning by CISA that agencies should…
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Fortinet criticized for ‘silent’ patching after disclosing second zero-day vulnerability in same equipment
Patching advice: Affected versions of FortiWeb include 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, and 8.0.0 through 8.0.1. Fixes are applied, in the same order, by releases 7.0.12, 7.2.12, 7.4.10, 7.6.5, and 8.0.2.Meanwhile, the widespread use of FortiWeb WAFS in government has prompted a warning by CISA that agencies should…
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Fortinet Woes Continue With Another WAF Zero-Day Flaw
A second zero-day vulnerability in its web application firewall (WAF) line has come under attack, raising more questions about the vendor’s disclosure practices. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/fortinet-woes-continue-another-waf-zero-day-flaw
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CISA Urges Quick Fortinet Patches Amid Exploitation Of New FortiWeb Vulnerability
Tags: cisa, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, fortinet, infrastructure, vulnerability, waf, zero-dayThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging a quick response to Fortinet’s disclosure of a zero-day vulnerability impacting its web application firewall, FortiWeb, which has been exploited in cyberattacks. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/cisa-urges-quick-fortinet-patches-amid-exploitation-of-new-fortiweb-vulnerability
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CISA gives govt agencies 7 days to patch new Fortinet flaw
CISA has ordered U.S. government agencies to secure their systems within a week against another vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb web application firewall, which was exploited in zero-day attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-gives-govt-agencies-7-days-to-patch-new-fortinet-flaw/
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Check Point integriert Lakera in seine WebFirewall
Check Point Software Technologies hat kürzlich mit Lakera einen schweizerischen Spezialisten für den Schutz von Large-Language-Models akquirierte, integriert nun die Sicherheitsfunktionen in seine Web-Application-Firewall Cloudguard. Das Herzstück dieses Ansatzes ist eine zweischichtige Machine-Learning-Architektur, die Echtzeit-Prävention für KI-gesteuerte Anwendungen mit minimaler Anpassung und maximaler Flexibilität bietet und so ein Höchstmaß an Sicherheit gewährleistet. Im Kern geht…
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Check Point integriert Lakera in seine WebFirewall
Check Point Software Technologies hat kürzlich mit Lakera einen schweizerischen Spezialisten für den Schutz von Large-Language-Models akquirierte, integriert nun die Sicherheitsfunktionen in seine Web-Application-Firewall Cloudguard. Das Herzstück dieses Ansatzes ist eine zweischichtige Machine-Learning-Architektur, die Echtzeit-Prävention für KI-gesteuerte Anwendungen mit minimaler Anpassung und maximaler Flexibilität bietet und so ein Höchstmaß an Sicherheit gewährleistet. Im Kern geht…
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CISA Reports Active Attacks on FortiWeb WAF Vulnerability Allowing Admin Access
Tags: access, attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, kev, vulnerability, wafThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that the flaw is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-64446, allows unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative access to affected systems via a path-traversal vulnerability. Critical Path Traversal Flaw…
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Critical Fortinet FortiWeb WAF Bug Exploited in the Wild
The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute administrative commands. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/critical-fortinet-fortiweb-waf-bug-exploited-in-wild
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Critical FortiWeb WAF Flaw Actively Exploited to Establish Admin Access and Seize Total Control
Fortinet has released urgent security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) that is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-64446, the flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute administrative commands and gain complete control of affected systems. The vulnerability has been assigned a critical severity rating with…
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Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now being widely exploited. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-silent-patch-for-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now being widely exploited. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-silent-patch-for-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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Critical FortiWeb flaw under attack, allowing complete compromise
A Fortinet FortiWeb auth-bypass flaw is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to hijack admin accounts and fully compromise devices. Researchers warn of an authentication bypass flaw in Fortinet FortiWeb WAF that allows full device takeover. The cybersecurity vendor addressed the vulnerability with the release version 8.0.2. A security flaw lets anyone break into FortiWeb devices…
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Now-Patched Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Exploited in Attacks to Create Admin Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb WAF that could allow an attacker to take over admin accounts and completely compromise a device.”The watchTowr team is seeing active, indiscriminate in-the-wild exploitation of what appears to be a silently patched vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb product,” Benjamin Harris, First seen…
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Now-Patched Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Exploited in Attacks to Create Admin Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb WAF that could allow an attacker to take over admin accounts and completely compromise a device.”The watchTowr team is seeing active, indiscriminate in-the-wild exploitation of what appears to be a silently patched vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb product,” Benjamin Harris, First seen…
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Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild Before Company’s Silent Patch
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb WAF that could allow an attacker to take over admin accounts and completely compromise a device.”The watchTowr team is seeing active, indiscriminate in-the-wild exploitation of what appears to be a silently patched vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb product,” Benjamin Harris, First seen…
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Fortinet FortiWeb Zero-Day Exploited to Gain Full Admin Access
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb has been actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to gain complete administrator access without any prior authentication. The flaw affects Fortinet’s Web Application Firewall, which is designed to protect web applications from malicious traffic. Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation On October 6, 2025, cyber deception company Defused published…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…