Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2023-1671

Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability

A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.

CheckOps priority index
9.3/10 Patch within 24 h
Severity9.8
Probability10.0
Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 100.00% higher than 99.99% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 9.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,083 days 16 Nov 2023
CISA due date 07 Dec 2023 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)16 Nov 2023
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)16 Nov 2023
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %100.00%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Sophos Web ApplianceWeb Appliance
Affected versions
  • unspecified <4.3.10.4
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 100.00%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2020-29574CyberoamOS (CROS) SQL Injection Vulnerability
    6.5 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2020-15069Sophos XG Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    6.6 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2022-3236Sophos Firewall Code Injection Vulnerability
    9.3 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2022-1040Sophos Firewall Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
    9.3 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2020-25223Sophos SG UTM Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    9.2 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2020-12271Sophos SFOS SQL Injection Vulnerability
    8.3 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities