CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2015-5453
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl6.5
CVSS v2
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
57.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days
99thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- 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/
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