Is CVE-2017-14615 being actively exploited?

CVE-2017-14615 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-14615?

CVE-2017-14615 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2017-14615

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

An FBX-5313 issue was discovered in WatchGuard Fireware before 12.0. When a failed login attempt is made to the login endpoint of the XML-RPC interface, if JavaScript code, properly encoded to be consumed by XML parsers, is embedded as value of the user element, the code will be rendered in the context of any logged in user in the Web UI visiting "Traffic Monitor" sections "Events" and "All." As a side effect, no further events will be visible in the Traffic Monitor until the device is restarted.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.1 (v3.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
EPSS score: 0.9% (60th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2017-6116)
Published: September 20, 2017
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-6116 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

watchguard / fireware

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

WatchGuard Firebox Security Appliances with Fireware v11.11 and WatchGuard Dimension 2.1 - WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. - Common Criteria CSEC2015010 - archived
WatchGuard XTM Firewalls and Fireware XTM Operating System v11.5.1 - WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-160 - archived

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Sep/22(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://watchguardsupport.secure.force.com/publicKB?type=KBSecurityIssues&SFDCID=kA62A0000000L0HSAU&lang=en_US(Vendor Advisory)
https://www.sidertia.com/Home/Community/Blog/2017/09/18/Fixed-Fireware-XXE-DOS-and-stored-XSS-vulnerabilities-discovered-by-Sidertia(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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