Watchfire's vulnerability footprint centers on its AppScan line of application security testing and quality-assurance tools, with the observed signal dominated by path-traversal weaknesses in file and directory handling. Treat this as a compact vendor profile; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Watchfire over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2008-2015HIGH Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in certain ActiveX controls in WatchFire AppScan 7.0 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathn | Apr 30, 2008 | 9.3 | 45 | NO | YES |
CVE-2005-4270HIGH Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a | Dec 15, 2005 | 7.5 | 30 | NO | YES |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Watchfire.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Watchfire — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.