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CVE-2017-14616

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

An FBX-5312 issue was discovered in WatchGuard Fireware before 12.0. If a login attempt is made in the XML-RPC interface with an XML message containing an empty member element, the wgagent crashes, logging out any user with a session opened in the UI. By continuously executing the failed login attempts, UI management of the device becomes impossible.

Affected products

• WatchGuard Fireware OS: through 11.12.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540427
• https://www.sidertia.com/Home/Community/Blog/2017/09/18/Fixed-Fireware-XXE-DOS-and-stored-XSS-vulnerabilities-discovered-by-Sidertia
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540427
• https://www.sidertia.com/Home/Community/Blog/2017/09/18/Fixed-Fireware-XXE-DOS-and-stored-XSS-vulnerabilities-discovered-by-Sidertia

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