{
    "id": "CVE-2015-5453",
    "published": "2015-07-08 15:59:05",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:29:09",
    "cvss_score": "6.5",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-77",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.57309",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99047",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:01",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "watchguard",
            "product": "xcs"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "38346",
            "title": "Watchguard XCS - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2015-09-28",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38346"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132498/Watchguard-XCS-10.0-SQL-Injection-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133721/Watchguard-XCS-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/freebsd/http/watchguard_cmd_exec",
        "http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Watchguard-XCS-final.pdf",
        "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",
        "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",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38346/",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132498/Watchguard-XCS-10.0-SQL-Injection-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133721/Watchguard-XCS-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/freebsd/http/watchguard_cmd_exec",
        "http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Watchguard-XCS-final.pdf",
        "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",
        "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",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38346/"
    ]
}