CVE-2025-1545 WatchGuard Firebox XPath Injection Vulnerability in Web CGI

What is CVE-2025-1545?

CVE-2025-1545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 4 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An XPath Injection vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to retrieve sensitive information from the Firebox configuration through an exposed authentication or management web interface. This vulnerability only affects Firebox systems that have at least one authentication hotspot configured.

Weakness: CWE-91

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1545?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Watchguard Fireware.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1545?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-1545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Watchguard Fireware

• CVE-2022-26318 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-14733 WatchGuard Firebox Out of Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2025-9242 WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2022-23176 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-31789 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

All Watchguard Fireware vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pqq2-xhg5-jr2v.