CVE-2015-5453
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 58.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 58.42% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 September 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- watchguard/xcs
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 58.7% on 28 September 2026 to 58.4% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132498/Watchguard-XCS-10.0-SQL-Injection-Command-Execution.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133721/Watchguard-XCS-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/freebsd/http/watchguard_cmd_exec
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Watchguard-XCS-final.pdfExploit
- 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.pdfVendor Advisory
- 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.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38346/Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132498/Watchguard-XCS-10.0-SQL-Injection-Command-Execution.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133721/Watchguard-XCS-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/freebsd/http/watchguard_cmd_exec
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Watchguard-XCS-final.pdfExploit
- 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.pdfVendor Advisory
- 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.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38346/Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.