All news with #active exploitation tag

🔒 SecurityScorecard's STRIKE team warns that Operation “WrtHug” has already compromised thousands of ASUS WRT routers worldwide by chaining six primarily legacy vulnerabilities to gain elevated privileges and persistence. The campaign abuses the ASUS AiCloud service and OS injection flaws, deploying a common self-signed TLS certificate with a 100-year expiry. SecurityScorecard notes geographic clustering, with up to 50% of victims in Taiwan, and assesses a likely China-affiliated ORB-style operation.

🚨 Fortinet has released security updates to remediate a new FortiWeb zero-day tracked as CVE-2025-58034, which the vendor says is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is an authenticated OS command injection (CWE-78) that can allow an attacker to execute code via crafted HTTP requests or CLI commands without user interaction. Fortinet confirmed observed exploitation and published fixes; administrators should upgrade affected FortiWeb appliances to the patched releases as soon as possible.

⚠️ Google released an emergency patch for a high‑severity Type Confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-13223), which the company says is being exploited in the wild. The flaw, rated CVSS 8.8 and discovered by Clément Lecigne of Google TAG, affects Chromium‑based browsers and can enable heap corruption and potential code execution. Administrators should prioritize updating Chrome to the patched 142.0.7444.175/.176 builds. A second V8 issue, CVE-2025-13224, is also fixed.

🔒 Fortinet's FortiWeb appliances are affected by a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-64446 that researchers say was exploited in the wild before an official advisory. The issue chains a relative path traversal to an internal CGI backend with an HTTP_CGIINFO header authentication bypass that allows unauthenticated admin impersonation and potential remote code execution. Fortinet released fixes in multiple 7.x and 8.x maintenance updates and recommends disabling HTTP/HTTPS on internet-facing management interfaces if upgrades cannot be applied immediately.

⚠️ CISA has added CVE-2025-58034, a Fortinet FortiWeb OS command code injection vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog after evidence of active exploitation. The agency recommends a reduced remediation timeframe of one week due to recent and ongoing exploitation and points to BOD 23-02 for steps to limit exposure from internet-accessible management interfaces. Although BOD 22-01 applies to Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies, CISA strongly urges all organizations to prioritize timely remediation and vulnerability management for KEV entries.

🔒 Google released an emergency update to address a newly discovered Chrome zero-day, CVE-2025-13223, which is being actively exploited. The high-severity flaw stems from a type confusion vulnerability in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine and was reported by Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group. Patches are available in versions 142.0.7444.175/.176 for Windows, 142.0.7444.176 for macOS, and 142.0.7444.175 for Linux; users should check About Google Chrome and relaunch to apply the update.

🛡️ Google has released emergency Chrome updates addressing two V8 engine type confusion flaws, including an actively exploited vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-13223 (CVSS 8.8) that can lead to arbitrary code execution or crashes. The patch also fixes CVE-2025-13224 flagged by Google's AI agent Big Sleep and completes a set of seven zero-days addressed this year. Users should update Chrome to 142.0.7444.175/.176 (Windows/macOS/Linux) and apply fixes for other Chromium-based browsers when available.

⚠️ RondoDox operators are exploiting a critical remote code execution flaw in XWiki Platform (CVE-2025-24893), which CISA flagged as actively exploited on October 30. VulnCheck observed attacks beginning November 3 that inject base64-encoded Groovy into the XWiki SolrSearch endpoint via a crafted HTTP GET to download and run a remote shell (rondo..sh) that stages the main payload. Administrators should upgrade to 15.10.11 or 16.4.1, apply network controls, and use published IoCs to block scanning and payload hosts.

🔒 This week's recap highlights a surge in quiet, high-impact attacks that abused trusted software and platform features to evade detection. Researchers observed active exploitation of Fortinet FortiWeb (CVE-2025-64446) to create administrative accounts, prompting CISA to add it to the KEV list. Law enforcement disrupted major malware infrastructure while supply-chain and AI-assisted campaigns targeted package registries and cloud services. The guidance is clear: scan aggressively, patch rapidly, and assume features can be repurposed as attack vectors.

🔒 Microsoft released updates addressing more than 60 vulnerabilities across Windows and related products, including a zero-day memory-corruption bug (CVE-2025-62215) that is already being exploited. Microsoft rates this issue important because exploitation requires prior access to the target device. Other high-priority fixes include a 9.8-rated GDI+ vulnerability (CVE-2025-60274) and an Office remote-code-execution flaw (CVE-2025-62199). Windows 10 users should install the enrollment fix KB5071959 before applying subsequent updates.

⚠️ RondoDox has been observed exploiting unpatched XWiki instances to weaponize a critical eval injection, CVE-2025-24893, enabling arbitrary remote code execution via the /bin/get/Main/SolrSearch endpoint. The flaw was patched in XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1 and 16.5.0RC1 in late February 2025, but scanning and exploitation surged in November, including botnet-driven DDoS and cryptocurrency miner deployments. Security vendors noted spikes in activity on November 7 and November 11 and observed RondoDox adding this vector on November 3, 2025. Administrators should apply vendor patches immediately and review logs and network traffic for indicators of compromise.

🚨 Fortinet confirmed a silent patch for a critical FortiWeb GUI path confusion zero-day (tracked as CVE-2025-64446) that is being "massively exploited in the wild." The flaw allowed unauthenticated HTTP(S) requests to execute administrative commands and create local admin accounts on internet-exposed devices. Fortinet released fixes in FortiWeb 8.0.2 (Oct 28) and later; administrators should upgrade, disable internet-facing management interfaces if they cannot update immediately, and audit logs for unauthorized accounts.

🔒 CISA has added CVE-2025-64446 — a Fortinet FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog after evidence of active exploitation. Under BOD 22-01, Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must remediate cataloged CVEs by the required due date. CISA strongly urges all organizations to prioritize timely patching, apply available mitigations, and monitor for indicators of compromise. CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities that meet catalog criteria.

🚨 Researchers report an authentication bypass in Fortinet FortiWeb that is being actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to create privileged administrator accounts and fully compromise devices. watchTowr reproduced the issue, released a proof-of-concept and an artifact generator to help identify vulnerable appliances. The flaw is patched in FortiWeb 8.0.2, but Fortinet has not published a PSIRT advisory or assigned a CVE, and Rapid7 urges emergency patching for older versions.

⚠️ A path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb appliances is being actively exploited to create local administrative users without authentication. Researchers from Defused and PwnDefend described requests targeting the /api/v2.0/cmdb/system/admin%3f/../../../../../cgi-bin/fwbcgi endpoint that inject admin accounts. Rapid7 and others confirm versions 8.0.1 and earlier are affected, while 8.0.2 is believed to contain the fix. Administrators are urged to update immediately, review logs for fwbcgi access, and search for unexpected admin accounts.

🔒 CISA has ordered U.S. federal agencies to fully patch two actively exploited vulnerabilities in Cisco firewall appliances within 24 hours. Tracked as CVE-2025-20362 and CVE-2025-20333, the flaws permit unauthenticated access to restricted URL endpoints and remote code execution; chained together they can yield full device takeover. The agency emphasized applying the latest updates to all ASA and Firepower devices immediately, not just Internet-facing units.

⚠ Rockwell Automation reported a remotely exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2024-22019) in FactoryTalk Policy Manager that can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service. The issue stems from Node.js HTTP handling of chunked transfer encoding (CWE-404) that permits unbounded reads from a single connection. Affected releases include Version 6.51.00 and earlier; Rockwell corrected the issue in Version 6.60.00. CISA assigns a high severity rating (CVSS v4 8.7) and recommends upgrading, minimizing network exposure, and isolating control networks behind firewalls.

🔔 CISA has warned federal agencies to patch a critical, actively exploited vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox firewalls that permits remote code execution through an out-of-bounds write in Fireware OS 11.x (EOL), 12.x, and 2025.1. The agency added CVE-2025-9242 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and imposed a three-week remediation deadline under BOD 22-01. WatchGuard released patches on September 17 but only marked the flaw as exploited on October 21. Internet scans tracked over 75,000 vulnerable appliances before counts fell to roughly 54,000.

🔒 CISA has added a critical WatchGuard Fireware vulnerability, CVE-2025-9242 (CVSS 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after evidence of active exploitation. The out-of-bounds write in the OS iked process affects Fireware OS 11.10.2 through 11.12.4_Update1, 12.0 through 12.11.3 and 2025.1 and can allow remote unauthenticated code execution. Researchers at watchTowr Labs attribute the flaw to a missing length check on an identification buffer used during the IKE handshake, which permits a pre‑authentication code path before certificate validation. Shadowserver scans show over 54,300 vulnerable Firebox instances worldwide (about 18,500 in the U.S.), and Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies are directed to apply WatchGuard patches by December 3, 2025.

🖨️ Independent researcher Peter Geissler disclosed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-12649) in certain Canon printers that can be triggered simply by printing an XPS document containing a malicious TTF font. The exploit abuses TTF hinting instructions to overflow a virtual-machine stack in the printer’s font engine, allowing code execution on devices running Canon’s DryOS. Canon has issued firmware updates, but organizations should promptly patch, restrict printer exposure, and segment printers to reduce risk.