Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-5701

Title: Watchguard Server Center Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2013-5701

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Oct 03, 2013

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-5701: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in (1) Watchguard Log Collector (wlcollector.exe) and (2) Watchguard WebBlocker Server (wbserver.exe) in WatchGuard Server Center 11.7.4, 11.7.3, and possibly earlier allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wgpr.dll file in the application's bin directory.

Impacted Vendors

watchguard 1

Reference Links

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Sep/43 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028992 https://www.rcesecurity.com/2013/09/cve-2013-5701-watchguard-server-center-v11-7-4-wgpr-dll-local-privileges-escalation-vulnerability http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Sep/43 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028992 https://www.rcesecurity.com/2013/09/cve-2013-5701-watchguard-server-center-v11-7-4-wgpr-dll-local-privileges-escalation-vulnerability

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-5701 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38752

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 03, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.