watchguard CVE Vulnerabilities & Metrics

Focus on watchguard vulnerabilities and metrics.

Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC

About watchguard Security Exposure

This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with watchguard. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.

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Global CVE Overview

Total watchguard CVEs: 32
Earliest CVE date: 20 Oct 2000, 04:00 UTC
Latest CVE date: 30 Dec 2024, 21:15 UTC

Latest CVE reference: CVE-2024-13043

Rolling Stats

30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 3

Calendar-based Variation

Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.

Variations & Growth

Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): 0%

Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): 0.0%

Monthly CVE Trends (current vs previous Year)

Annual CVE Trends (Last 20 Years)

Critical watchguard CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9) Over 20 Years

CVSS Stats

Average CVSS: 5.57

Max CVSS: 10.0

Critical CVEs (≥9): 8

CVSS Range vs. Count

Range Count
0.0-3.9 8
4.0-6.9 28
7.0-8.9 10
9.0-10.0 8

CVSS Distribution Chart

Top 5 Highest CVSS watchguard CVEs

These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for watchguard, sorted by severity first and recency.

All CVEs for watchguard

CVE-2024-13043 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 0 30 Dec 2024, 21:15 UTC

Panda Security Dome Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Panda Security Dome. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Hotspot Shield. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the application to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23478.

CVE-2024-5974 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Jul 2024, 03:15 UTC

A buffer overflow in WatchGuard Fireware OS could may allow an authenticated remote attacker with privileged management access to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on the firewall. This issue affects Fireware OS: from 11.9.6 through 12.10.3.

CVE-2024-3661 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 0 06 May 2024, 19:15 UTC

DHCP can add routes to a client’s routing table via the classless static route option (121). VPN-based security solutions that rely on routes to redirect traffic can be forced to leak traffic over the physical interface. An attacker on the same local network can read, disrupt, or possibly modify network traffic that was expected to be protected by the VPN.

CVE-2022-31792 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 0 06 Sep 2022, 19:15 UTC

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management web interface of WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances. A remote attacker can potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the management web interface by sending crafted requests to exposed management ports. This is fixed in Fireware OS 12.8.1, 12.5.10, and 12.1.4.

CVE-2022-31791 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 0 06 Sep 2022, 19:15 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow a local attacker (that has already obtained shell access) to elevate their privileges and execute code with root permissions. This is fixed in Fireware OS 12.8.1, 12.5.10, and 12.1.4.

CVE-2022-31789 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 0 06 Sep 2022, 19:15 UTC

An integer overflow in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to exposed management ports. This is fixed in Fireware OS 12.8.1, 12.5.10, and 12.1.4.

CVE-2022-31790 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 0 06 Sep 2022, 18:15 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to retrieve sensitive authentication server settings by sending a malicious request to exposed authentication endpoints. This is fixed in Fireware OS 12.8.1, 12.5.10, and 12.1.4.

CVE-2022-25361 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.4 07 Jun 2022, 14:15 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from a limited set of directories on the system. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-26318 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 04 Mar 2022, 18:15 UTC

On WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances, an unauthenticated user can execute arbitrary code, aka FBX-22786. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-25363 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.0 24 Feb 2022, 15:15 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to modify privileged management user credentials. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-25360 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.5 24 Feb 2022, 15:15 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to upload files to arbitrary locations. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-25293 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.5 24 Feb 2022, 15:15 UTC

A systemd stack-based buffer overflow in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allows an authenticated remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code by initiating a firmware update with a malicious upgrade image. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-25292 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.5 24 Feb 2022, 15:15 UTC

A wgagent stack-based buffer overflow in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allows an authenticated remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code by initiating a firmware update with a malicious upgrade image. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-25291 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.5 24 Feb 2022, 15:15 UTC

An integer overflow in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allows an authenticated remote attacker to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code by initiating a firmware update with a malicious upgrade image. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-25290 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.0 24 Feb 2022, 15:15 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to retrieve certificate private keys. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

CVE-2022-23176 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 9.0 24 Feb 2022, 15:15 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow a remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to access the system with a privileged management session via exposed management access. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U1, 12.x before 12.1.3_U3, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.7_U3.

CVE-2021-34998 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.2 13 Jan 2022, 22:15 UTC

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Panda Security Free Antivirus 20.2.0.0. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the use of named pipes. The issue results from allowing an untrusted process to impersonate the client of a pipe. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-14208.

CVE-2014-6413 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 07 Feb 2020, 16:15 UTC

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in WatchGuard XTM 11.8.3 via the poll_name parameter in the firewall/policy script.

CVE-2019-18652 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 07 Jan 2020, 22:15 UTC

A DOM based XSS vulnerability has been identified on the WatchGuard XMT515 through 12.1.3, allowing a remote attacker to execute JavaScript in the victim's browser by tricking the victim into clicking on a crafted link. The payload was tested in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.418.18362.0 and Microsoft Edge 44.18362.387.0 (Microsoft EdgeHTML 18.18362).

CVE-2016-6154 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 23 Aug 2019, 22:15 UTC

The authentication applet in Watchguard Fireware 11.11 Operating System has reflected XSS (this can also cause an open redirect).

CVE-2015-2878 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 23 Oct 2017, 18:29 UTC

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Hexis HawkEye G 3.0.1.4912 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add arbitrary accounts via the name parameter to interface/rest/accounts/json; turn off the (2) Url matching, (3) DNS Inject, or (4) IP Redirect Sensor in a request to interface/rest/dpi/setEnabled/1; or (5) perform whitelisting of malware MD5 hash IDs via the id parameter to interface/rest/md5-threats/whitelist.

CVE-2017-14616 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.8 20 Sep 2017, 20:29 UTC

An FBX-5312 issue was discovered in WatchGuard Fireware before 12.0. If a login attempt is made in the XML-RPC interface with an XML message containing an empty member element, the wgagent crashes, logging out any user with a session opened in the UI. By continuously executing the failed login attempts, UI management of the device becomes impossible.

CVE-2017-14615 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 20 Sep 2017, 20:29 UTC

An FBX-5313 issue was discovered in WatchGuard Fireware before 12.0. When a failed login attempt is made to the login endpoint of the XML-RPC interface, if JavaScript code, properly encoded to be consumed by XML parsers, is embedded as value of the user element, the code will be rendered in the context of any logged in user in the Web UI visiting "Traffic Monitor" sections "Events" and "All." As a side effect, no further events will be visible in the Traffic Monitor until the device is restarted.

CVE-2017-8060 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 05 May 2017, 07:29 UTC

Acceptance of invalid/self-signed TLS certificates in "Panda Mobile Security" 1.1 for iOS allows a man-in-the-middle and/or physically proximate attacker to silently intercept information sent during the login API call.

CVE-2017-8339 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.9 30 Apr 2017, 17:59 UTC

PSKMAD.sys in Panda Free Antivirus 18.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSoD) via a crafted DeviceIoControl request to \\.\PSMEMDriver.

CVE-2017-8056 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 22 Apr 2017, 22:59 UTC

WatchGuard Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier mishandles requests referring to an XML External Entity (XXE), in the XML-RPC agent. This causes the Firebox wgagent process to crash. This process crash ends all authenticated sessions to the Firebox, including management connections, and prevents new authenticated sessions until the process has recovered. The Firebox may also experience an overall degradation in performance while the wgagent process recovers. An attacker could continuously send XML-RPC requests that contain references to external entities to perform a limited Denial of Service (DoS) attack against an affected Firebox.

CVE-2017-8055 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 22 Apr 2017, 22:59 UTC

WatchGuard Fireware allows user enumeration, e.g., in the Firebox XML-RPC login handler. A login request that contains a blank password sent to the XML-RPC agent in Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier returns different responses for valid and invalid usernames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate valid usernames on an affected Firebox.

CVE-2016-7089 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.2 24 Aug 2016, 19:59 UTC

WatchGuard RapidStream appliances allow local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted ifconfig command, aka ESCALATEPLOWMAN.

CVE-2016-3943 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.2 18 Apr 2016, 15:59 UTC

Panda Endpoint Administration Agent before 7.50.00, as used in Panda Security for Business products for Windows, uses a weak ACL for the Panda Security/WaAgent directory and sub-directories, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by modifying an executable module.

CVE-2015-7378 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.2 18 Apr 2016, 15:59 UTC

Panda Security URL Filtering before 4.3.1.9 uses a weak ACL for the "Panda Security URL Filtering" directory and installed files, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by modifying Panda_URL_Filteringb.exe.

CVE-2015-5453 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.5 08 Jul 2015, 15:59 UTC

Watchguard XCS 9.2 and 10.0 before build 150522 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the id parameter to ADMIN/mailqueue.spl.

CVE-2015-5452 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 08 Jul 2015, 15:59 UTC

SQL injection vulnerability in Watchguard XCS 9.2 and 10.0 before build 150522 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sid cookie, as demonstrated by a request to borderpost/imp/compose.php3.

CVE-2014-0338 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 16 Mar 2014, 14:06 UTC

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the firewall policy management pages in WatchGuard Fireware XTM before 11.8.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pol_name parameter.

CVE-2013-6021 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 9.3 19 Oct 2013, 10:36 UTC

Buffer overflow in WGagent in WatchGuard WSM and Fireware before 11.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sessionid value in a cookie.

CVE-2013-5702 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 19 Oct 2013, 10:36 UTC

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebCenter in WatchGuard WSM and Fireware before 11.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters.

CVE-2013-5701 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.2 03 Oct 2013, 20:55 UTC

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in (1) Watchguard Log Collector (wlcollector.exe) and (2) Watchguard WebBlocker Server (wbserver.exe) in WatchGuard Server Center 11.7.4, 11.7.3, and possibly earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wgpr.dll file in the application's bin directory.

CVE-2011-2165 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 23 May 2011, 22:55 UTC

The STARTTLS implementation in WatchGuard XCS 9.0 and 9.1 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted SMTP sessions by sending a cleartext command that is processed after TLS is in place, related to a "plaintext command injection" attack, a similar issue to CVE-2011-0411.

CVE-2008-1618 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 07 Apr 2008, 18:44 UTC

The PPTP VPN service in Watchguard Firebox before 10, when performing the MS-CHAPv2 authentication handshake, generates different error codes depending on whether the username is valid or invalid, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.

CVE-2003-0641 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 4.6 27 Aug 2003, 04:00 UTC

WatchGuard ServerLock for Windows 2000 before SL 2.0.3 allows local users to load arbitrary modules via the OpenProcess() function, as demonstrated using (1) a DLL injection attack, (2) ZwSetSystemInformation, and (3) API hooking in OpenProcess.

CVE-2003-0642 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 2.1 27 Aug 2003, 04:00 UTC

WatchGuard ServerLock for Windows 2000 before SL 2.0.4 allows local users to access kernel memory via a symlink attack on \Device\PhysicalMemory.

CVE-2002-1519 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 10.0 02 Apr 2003, 05:00 UTC

Format string vulnerability in the CLI interface for WatchGuard Firebox Vclass 3.2 and earlier, and RSSA Appliance 3.0.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the password parameter.

CVE-2002-1520 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 10.0 02 Apr 2003, 05:00 UTC

The CLI interface for WatchGuard Firebox Vclass 3.2 and earlier, and RSSA Appliance 3.0.2, does not properly close the SSH connection when a -N option is provided during authentication, which allows remote attackers to access CLI with administrator privileges.

CVE-2002-1047 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 04 Oct 2002, 04:00 UTC

The FTP service in Watchguard Soho Firewall 5.0.35a allows remote attackers to gain privileges with a correct password but an incorrect user name.

CVE-2002-1046 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 04 Oct 2002, 04:00 UTC

Dynamic VPN Configuration Protocol service (DVCP) in Watchguard Firebox firmware 5.x.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet containing tab characters to TCP port 4110.

CVE-2002-0528 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 10.0 12 Aug 2002, 04:00 UTC

Watchguard SOHO firewall 5.0.35 unpredictably disables certain IP restrictions for customized services that were set before the administrator upgrades to 5.0.35, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the intended access control rules.

CVE-2002-0527 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 12 Aug 2002, 04:00 UTC

Watchguard SOHO firewall before 5.0.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) when SOHO forwards a packet with bad IP options.

CVE-2001-0692 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 20 Sep 2001, 04:00 UTC

SMTP proxy in WatchGuard Firebox (2500 and 4500) 4.5 and 4.6 allows a remote attacker to bypass firewall filtering via a base64 MIME encoded email attachment whose boundary name ends in two dashes.

CVE-2001-0204 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 02 Jun 2001, 04:00 UTC

Watchguard Firebox II allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by establishing multiple connections and sending malformed PPTP packets.

CVE-2001-0203 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 10.0 26 Mar 2001, 05:00 UTC

Watchguard Firebox II firewall allows users with read-only access to gain read-write access, and administrative privileges, by accessing a file that contains hashed passphrases, and using the hashes during authentication.

CVE-2000-0894 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 10.0 12 Feb 2001, 05:00 UTC

HTTP server on the WatchGuard SOHO firewall does not properly restrict access to administrative functions such as password resets or rebooting, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or conduct unauthorized activities.

CVE-2000-0895 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 10.0 12 Feb 2001, 05:00 UTC

Buffer overflow in HTTP server on the WatchGuard SOHO firewall allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long GET request.

CVE-2000-0896 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 12 Feb 2001, 05:00 UTC

WatchGuard SOHO firewall allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of fragmented IP packets, which causes the firewall to drop connections and stop forwarding packets.

CVE-2000-1182 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 09 Jan 2001, 05:00 UTC

WatchGuard Firebox II allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding the Firebox with a large number of FTP or SMTP requests, which disables proxy handling.

CVE-2000-0783 watchguard vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 20 Oct 2000, 04:00 UTC

Watchguard Firebox II allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed URL to the authentication service on port 4100.