Quick answers
- Is CVE-2025-1549 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-1549 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2025-1549?
- Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 6.3, published 29 October 2025.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Watchguard Mobile VPN with SSL client 12.0 through 12.11.4 on Windows.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-1549?
- A patch was published on 2025-10-29: Resolved in version 12.11.5 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2025-1549 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2025-1549?
- Check whether you run Watchguard Mobile VPN with SSL client at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a command injection flaw (CWE-77) that enables local privilege escalation on Windows systems running the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client. An authenticated local user can exploit improper input validation to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. The attack vector is local, requiring prior access to the Windows system. The vulnerability was partially mitigated in version 12.11.3 but additional unmitigated attack paths remained; full resolution is available in version 12.11.5.
Affected products
- WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Client 12.0 through 12.11.4 on Windows
Timeline
- 2025-10-29: disclosed
- 2025-10-29: patched: Resolved in version 12.11.5