Exploitation Summary
CVE-2025-9242 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 12, 2025. EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including watchtowrlabs. A Nuclei detection template is also available.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2025-9242, an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox's IKEv2 service. The script includes ROP chain construction, shellcode payload generation, and version detection to confirm vulnerability status.
Description
An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects both the Mobile User VPN with IKEv2 and the Branch Office VPN using IKEv2 when configured with a dynamic gateway peer.This vulnerability affects Fireware OS 11.10.2 up to and including 11.12.4_Update1, 12.0 up to and including 12.11.3 and 2025.1.
Exploits (1)
This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2025-9242, an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox's IKEv2 service. The script includes ROP chain construction, shellcode payload generation, and version detection to confirm vulnerability status.
Nuclei Templates (1)
html:"Watchguard" html:"Authentication Server"
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H