Remote Management Access Vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances
CVE-2022-23176

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor: Watchguard
Status: Fireware
Vendor: CVE Published:; 24 February 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🦅 CISA Reported

Summary

A security vulnerability exists in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances that enables a remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to gain unauthorized access to the system. This flaw allows the attacker to establish a privileged management session due to exposed management access. Impacted versions of Fireware OS include those prior to 12.7.2_U1, versions 12.x before 12.1.3_U3, and versions from 12.2.x to 12.5.x before 12.5.7_U3.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-23176 - Proof of Concept