CVE-2025-1549
MediumCVSS 6.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. This is an additional unmitigated attack path for CVE-2024-4944. The vulnerability is fixed in version 12.11.5 of the client.
Risk Assessment
A local user can gain full control over the Windows system, potentially leading to system compromise and data confidentiality breach.
Recommendation
Immediately update the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client to version 12.11.5 or later.
Other vulnerabilities in WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL
See all- CVE-2026-115495Medium
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker who can capture loopback traffic to obtain the user's VPN username and password.
- CVE-2026-13079High
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the machine where the client is installed. This issue affects the Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows up to and including version 2026.2.
Original NVD description (English source)
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the Windows system. This vulnerability is an additional unmitigated attack path for CVE-2024-4944. This vulnerability is resolved in the Mobile VPN with SSL client for Windows version 12.11.5
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS