Vulnerability · CVE-2025-4805
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the Access Portal configuration.
Published May 16, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 8, 2026 · WatchGuard Fireware OS
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4805. EPSS is 0.57%. Act only if a listed version of WatchGuard Fireware OS is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium4.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.57%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor WatchGuard Fireware OS 12.0 <12.11.2
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the Access Portal configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Firebox management interface of another management user.
Are you affected?
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- vendor WatchGuard Fireware OS 12.0 <12.11.212.0 <12.11.2
How to fix CVE-2025-4805
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4805. EPSS is 0.57%. Act only if a listed version of WatchGuard Fireware OS is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with WatchGuard Fireware OS 12.0 <12.11.2 12.0 <12.11.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.57%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 16, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the Access Portal configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Firebox management interface of another management user.
Aug 8, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the Access Portal configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Firebox management interface of another management user.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4805
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-4805
30-day exploitation probability 0.6%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15548
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the management interface of WatchGuard Firebox appliances via the Access Portal configuration. An authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScri
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.