CVE-2019-18652 — A DOM based XSS vulnerability has been identified on the WatchGuard XMT515 throu

A DOM based XSS vulnerability has been identified on the WatchGuard XMT515 through 12.1.3, allowing a remote attacker to execute JavaScript in the victim's browser by tricking the victim into clicking on a crafted link. The payload was tested in Microsoft Internet Explorer 1

01What is this vulnerability?

A DOM based XSS vulnerability has been identified on the WatchGuard XMT515 through 12.1.3, allowing a remote attacker to execute JavaScript in the victim's browser by tricking the victim into clicking on a crafted link. The payload was tested in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.418.18362.0 and Microsoft Edge 44.18362.387.0 (Microsoft EdgeHTML 18.18362).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-01-07T21:40:50.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:54:14.446Z

09References

• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/crypt0crc/cve-2019-18652