CVE-2015-5453

Exp

Watchguard XCS 9.2 and 10.0 before build 150522 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the id parameter to ADMIN/mailqueue.spl.

Published: 2015-07-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5453 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.07%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.62% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5453

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38346 exploit_db edb 2015-09-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5453

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-21 72.45% 81.07% +8.62%
2 2025-06-04 74.54% 72.45% -2.09%
3 2025-05-24 — 74.54% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5453

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5453

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
watchguard xcs 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:xcs:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
watchguard xcs 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:xcs:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5453

URL Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132498/Watchguard-XCS-10.0-SQL-Injection-Command-Execution.html Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133721/Watchguard-XCS-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/freebsd/http/watchguard_cmd_exec
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Watchguard-XCS-final.pdf Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75516
http://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/xcs/10/en-US/EN_Release_Notes_XCS_v10_0_Security_Hotfix/EN_Release_Notes_XCS_v10_0_Security_Hotfix.pdf Vendor Advisory
http://www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/xcs/9/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_XCS_9_2_Security_Hotfix/EN_Release_Notes_XCS_v9_2_Security_Hotfix.pdf Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38346/ Exploit
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