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CVE-2017-8056

WatchGuard Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier mishandles requests referring to an XML External Entity (XXE), in the XML-RPC agent.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.1%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

WatchGuard Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier mishandles requests referring to an XML External Entity (XXE), in the XML-RPC agent. This causes the Firebox wgagent process to crash. This process crash ends all authenticated sessions to the Firebox, including management connections, and prevents new authenticated sessions until the process has recovered. The Firebox may also experience an overall degradation in performance while the wgagent process recovers. An attacker could continuously send XML-RPC requests that contain references to external entities to perform a limited Denial of Service (DoS) attack against an affected Firebox.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.08% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

  • sidertia.com /Home/Community/Blog/2017/04/17/Fixed-the-Fireware-Vulnerabilities-discovered-by-Sidertia · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/142177/watchguardfbxtm-xxeinject.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • watchguard.com /support/release-notes/fireware/11/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_Fireware_11_12_2/index.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • watchguardsupport.force.com /publicKB?type=KBSecurityIssues&SFDCID=kA62A0000000KlBSAU · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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