Fireware vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Fireware is made by Watchguard. We track 22 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 83 versions. 2 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 11 April 2022. Watchguard lists newer releases under their own names, such as Fireware Xtm, so check those pages too.
The most recent Fireware flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2022-23176, on 11 April 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Fireware listed under other names? Yes.
Watchguard also lists Fireware under more specific names, such as Fireware Xtm. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which versions of Fireware do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "12.0.0 to before 12.1.3" means from 12.0.0 up to, but not including, 12.1.3. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2022-23176Exploited list, 11 Apr 2022
WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
12.0.0 to before 12.1.312.1.312.1.3-u112.1.3-u212.2.0 to before 12.5.712.5.712.5.7-u112.5.7-u2 - CVE-2022-26318Exploited list, 25 Mar 2022
WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution
12.0.0 to before 12.1.312.1.312.1.3-u112.1.3-u212.1.3-u312.1.3-u412.1.3-u512.1.3-u6
Which Fireware vulnerabilities are being exploited?
2 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 8.8WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
- 9.8WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution
On WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances, an unauthenticated user can execute arbitrary code.
Which Fireware flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 78%
On WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances, an unauthenticated user can execute arbitrary code, aka FBX-22786.
- 12%CVE-2013-6021Critical
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.
- 11%
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.
- 5.1%CVE-2017-8056Medium
WatchGuard Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier mishandles requests referring to an XML External Entity (XXE), in the XML-RPC agent.
- 2.1%CVE-2022-25293High
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.
- 2.1%CVE-2022-25292High
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.
- 2.0%CVE-2022-31790High
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.
- 1.9%CVE-2022-31789Critical
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...
- 1.8%CVE-2022-25291High
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...
- 1.6%CVE-2017-14616High
An FBX-5312 issue was discovered in WatchGuard Fireware before 12.0.
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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.
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We track 22 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Fireware, across 83 versions. The most recent Fireware flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2022-23176, on 11 April 2022.
2 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2022-23176 and CVE-2022-26318.
Watchguard also lists Fireware under more specific names, such as Fireware Xtm. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2022-23176, affects 12.0.0 to before 12.1.3, 12.1.3, 12.1.3-u1, 12.1.3-u2 and more. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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