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CVE-2015-5453

65
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5453 is a remote command execution vulnerability affecting Watchguard XCS versions 9.2 and 10.0 before build 150522. Authenticated attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'id' parameter of the ADMIN/mailqueue.spl script. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity, and allows for arbitrary command execution with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring only authentication. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:xcs:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:xcs:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
57.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Watchguard XCS Remote Command Execution · Jun 29, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-38346 · Sep 28, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5731 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/132498/Watchguard-XCS-10.0-SQL-Injection-Command-Execution.html
Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com / files/133721/Watchguard-XCS-Remote-Command-Execution.html
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/38346
Exploit
rapid7.com / db/modules/exploit/freebsd/http/watchguard_cmd_exec
security-assessment.com / files/documents/advisory/Watchguard-XCS-final.pdf
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/75516
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
Vendor Advisory
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
Vendor Advisory