CVE-2015-5453

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 58.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-07-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

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

WatchGuard Xcs: 9.2, 10.0

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/
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

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