CVE-2015-5453

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Published Jul 8, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 58.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:xcs:9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:xcs:10.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 58.4% (58.420% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132498/Watchguard-XCS-10.0-SQL-Injection-Command-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133721/Watchguard-XCS-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/freebsd/http/watchguard_cmd_exec
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Watchguard-XCS-final.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75516
http://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/xcs/10/en-US/EN_Release_Notes_XCS_v10_0_Security_Hotfix/EN_Release_Notes_XCS_v10_0_Security_Hotfix.pdf
http://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/xcs/9/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_XCS_9_2_Security_Hotfix/EN_Release_Notes_XCS_v9_2_Security_Hotfix.pdf
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38346/

History

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Subscriptions

Watchguard Xcs

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:50 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 8, 2015, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:50 AM
Reserved: Jul 8, 2015, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:29 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 8, 2015, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:29 AM

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