WatchGuard Fireware allows user enumeration, e.g., in the Firebox XML-RPC login handler. A login request that contains a blank password sent to the XML-RPC agent in Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier returns different responses for valid and invalid usernames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate valid usernames on an affected Firebox.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17018 WatchGuard Fireware allows user enumeration, e.g., in the Firebox XML-RPC login handler. A login request that contains a blank password sent to the XML-RPC agent in Fireware v11.12.1 and earlier returns different responses for valid and invalid usernames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate valid usernames on an affected Firebox.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-09-16T19:24:27.310Z

Reserved: 2017-04-22T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2017-8055

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-22T22:59:00.217

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8055

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