Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-6021

Title: Watchguard Fireware RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2013-6021

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Oct 19, 2013
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
12.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-6021: Buffer overflow in WGagent in WatchGuard WSM and Fireware before 11.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sessionid value in a cookie.

Impacted Vendors

W
watchguard 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/98752 http://watchguardsecuritycenter.com/2013/10/17/watchguard-dimension-and-fireware-xtm-11-8/ http://watchguardsecuritycenter.com/2013/10/17/xtm-11-8-secfixes/ http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29273 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/233990 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63227 https://funoverip.net/2013/10/watchguard-cve-2013-6021-stack-based-buffer-overflow-exploit/ http://osvdb.org/98752 http://watchguardsecuritycenter.com/2013/10/17/watchguard-dimension-and-fireware-xtm-11-8/ http://watchguardsecuritycenter.com/2013/10/17/xtm-11-8-secfixes/ http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29273 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/233990 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63227 https://funoverip.net/2013/10/watchguard-cve-2013-6021-stack-based-buffer-overflow-exploit/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-6021 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29273
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.