Shell Escape Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Admin Portal
CVE-2018-16117

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor: Sophos
Status: Sfos
Vendor: CVE Published:; 20 June 2019

What is CVE-2018-16117?

A shell escape vulnerability exists in the Admin Portal of Sophos XG Firewall version 17.0.8 MR-8. This issue allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands via crafted shell metacharacters in the 'dbName' POST parameter. Proper validation of input is essential to prevent unauthorized command execution that could compromise the firewall's integrity.