Medium severity · published Oct 29, 2025
CVE-2025-1549
WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL Local Privilege Escallation
6.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MV
Mobile VPN with SSL Client · WatchGuard
12.0 before 12.11.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1549
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1549
psirt.watchguard.com
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-1549
www.watchguard.com
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00016
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