CVE-2025-6946
WatchGuard Firebox Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in IPS Configuration
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the IPS configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Firebox management ninterface of another management user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WatchGuard Firebox Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in IPS Configuration
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the IPS configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Firebox management ninterface of another management user.
- Record
CVE-2025-6946- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-201296
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the IPS configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Firebox management ninterface of another management user.
- Record
EUVD-2025-201296- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rg89-p3mq-2mpq
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS allows Stored XSS via the IPS module. This vulnerability requires an authenticated administrator session to a locally managed Firebox.
This issue affects Firebox: from 12.0 through 12.11.2.
- Record
GHSA-rg89-p3mq-2mpq- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the IPS configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Firebox management ninterface of another management user.
- Record
CVE-2025-6946- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-6946 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Watchguard Fireware, published December 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.