Pre-auth SQL Injection to RCE in Fortinet FortiWeb Fabric Co...

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• Blog URL: https://labs.watchtowr.com/pre-auth-sql-injection-to-rce-fortinet-fortiweb-fabric-connector-cve-2025-25257/
• Blog Title: Pre-auth SQL Injection to RCE in Fortinet FortiWeb Fabric Connector (CVE-2025-25257)
• Suggested Section: generic-hacking/sql-injection-to-rce

🎯 Content Summary

FortiWeb Fabric Connector SQL Injection and Pre-Auth RCE (CVE-2025-25257)

Overview

Fortinet’s FortiWeb Fabric Connector integrates FortiWeb with other Fortinet products via HTTP handlers such as /api/fabric/device/status, /api/fabric/authenticate and /api/vX/fabric/widget.

Affected Versions and Fixes

• FortiWeb versions 7.0.0–7.0.10, 7.2.0–7.2.10, 7.4....

  🔧 Technical Details

  A SQL injection arises in get_fabric_user_by_token because unvalidated token input is embedded into a MySQL query via snprintf, permitting arbitrary SQL execution.

  
  

  MySQL comment tokens (/**/) bypass the space-based filtering of __isoc23_sscanf, enabling injection of sleep() and boolean (OR '1'='1') payloads without spaces.

  
  

  The INTO OUTFILE statement provides an arbitrary file-write...

  🤖 Agent Actions

  Added advanced MySQL SQL-Injection → RCE techniques from watchTowr FortiWeb research:

  1. src/network-services-pentesting/pentesting-mysql.md
     • Expanded “MySQL File RCE” with detailed INTO OUTFILE-to-Python .pth exploitation, filters/limits bypass and practical payloads.
     • Added “## References” section including the blog URL.

  2. src/pentesting-web/sql-injection/mysql-injection/README.md
     • Inserted new “Injection without SPACES (/**/ comment trick)” subsection under WAF bypass, explaining comment-based space bypass used in FortiWeb.
     • Updated “Other MySQL injection guides” bullet and refreshed “## References” with both the classic cheatsheet and the new blog article.

  These updates integrate the novel techniques (space-less comment injections and INTO OUTFILE → .pth R...

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