CVE-2017-14616
An FBX-5312 issue was discovered in WatchGuard Fireware before 12.0. If a login attempt is made in the XML-RPC interface with an XML message containing an empty member element, the wgagent crashes, logging out any user with a session opened in the UI. By continuously executing the failed login attempts, UI management of the device becomes impossible.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (76th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2017-6117)
- 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-2017-6117 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected 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://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540427(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- 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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