CVE-2022-25361 is a critical vulnerability affecting WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances running specific versions of Fireware OS, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from limited system directories. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability presents a high impact to integrity and availability due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers. Organizations using affected WatchGuard products should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 12.0.0, < 12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.2.0, < 12.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:12.1.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:12.1.3:u1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:12.1.3:u2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.