CVE-2025-0178

published 2025-02-14

CVE-2025-0178: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS allows an attacker to manipulate the value of the HTTP Host header in requests sent to the…

Priority P4 30 medium 6.1 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI R S C C L I L A N

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS allows an attacker to manipulate the value of the HTTP Host header in requests sent to the Web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, poison the web cache, or inject malicious JavaScript into responses sent by the Web UI.
This issue affects Fireware OS: from 12.0 up to and including 12.11.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
watchguard	fireware	>= 12.0.0 < 12.11.1	12.11.1
watchguard	fireware	>= 12.5 < 12.5.13	12.5.13
watchguard	fireware_os	12.0 – 12.5.12+701324	—
watchguard	fireware_os	12.6.0 – 12.11	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 6.1 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd v4.0 5.1 MEDIUM CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/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

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