Password Change Vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance by Sophos

CVE-2014-2849

Summary

The Change Password dialog box in Sophos Web Appliance prior to version 3.8.2 is vulnerable to unauthorized password modification by remote authenticated users. This flaw arises from insufficient validation of user input, allowing attackers to exploit the flaw and change the admin password via specially crafted requests, potentially leading to unauthorized access and compromise of the system. It is crucial for users of affected versions to upgrade their systems to mitigate this risk.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

Metasploit exploit module for CVE-2014-2849
Created by Rapid7

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