Check Point Advisories

XSLT Injection

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-0025
Date Published:	9 Mar 2025
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 09 March, 2025
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	An XSLT injection vulnerability has been reported. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted request to a vulnerable system and run a command through an XSLT transform process. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target machine.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the XSLT Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: XSLT Injection