# CVE-2022-25363: Privilege escalation in n/a

> An authenticated attacker can modify privileged management credentials, leading to privilege escalation and potential account takeover on WatchGuard Firebox appliances.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j34-7774-6g84

## What is CVE-2022-25363?

CVE-2022-25363 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 24 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to modify privileged management user credentials. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25363?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Watchguard Fireware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-25363?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25363 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-25363 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Watchguard Fireware

- [CVE-2022-26318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26318/): WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-14733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14733/): WatchGuard Firebox Out of Bounds Write (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-9242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9242/): WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-23176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23176/): WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-31789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31789/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25363 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-25363 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 24 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25363 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Watchguard Fireware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25363/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25363/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25363
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25363
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25363

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25363/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.