CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8055
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-203
Description
WatchGuard Fireware allows user enumeration, e.g., in the Firebox XML-RPC login handler. A login request that contains a blank password sent to the XML-RPC agent in Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier returns different responses for valid and invalid usernames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate valid usernames on an affected Firebox.
Affected configurations
• watchguard fireware (<= 11.2.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness
References
- http://watchguardsupport.force.com/publicKB?type=KBSecurityIssues&SFDCID=kA62A0000000KlGSAU Vendor Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142177/watchguardfbxtm-xxeinject.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sidertia.com/Home/Community/Blog/2017/04/17/Fixed-the-Fireware-Vulnerabilities-discovered-by-Sidertia Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/fireware/11/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_Fireware_11_12_2/index.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://watchguardsupport.force.com/publicKB?type=KBSecurityIssues&SFDCID=kA62A0000000KlGSAU Vendor Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142177/watchguardfbxtm-xxeinject.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sidertia.com/Home/Community/Blog/2017/04/17/Fixed-the-Fireware-Vulnerabilities-discovered-by-Sidertia Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/fireware/11/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_Fireware_11_12_2/index.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory