9.8Critical
KEV
CVE-2023-1671Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability
Known exploited — Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability
CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 16.11.2023. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 07.12.2023.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1671
Description
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.
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-77
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophos | Sophos Web Appliance | unspecified – < 4.3.10.4 | |
| sophos | web appliance | < 4.3.10.4 |
References and patches
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172016/Sophos-Web-Appliance-4.3.10.4-Command-Injection.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-1671 US Government Resource
CPE matches (NVD) (1)
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.3.10.4