5.1

CVE-2026-78047: watchguard dimension Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.1v4.0MediumDeferred
Published 27-08-2026Last modified 28-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-78047 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in watchguard dimension. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · +0.18 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1
CVE-2026-78195

Timeline

  1. 27-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WatchGuard Dimension's task scheduling feature allows a low-privileged authenticated administrator to inject arbitrary HTML/JavaScript into these fields, which then executes in the browser session of any other user.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.18 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Watchguard1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links