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

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can retrieve sensitive configuration data via XPath injection in WatchGuard Firebox systems with authentication hotspots enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pqq2-xhg5-jr2v

## 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 (XML Injection)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1545?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](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-2025-1545 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1545 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-2025-1545/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1545/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1545
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1545
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1545

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1545/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.