SQL Injection Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Devices
CVE-2020-12271

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Sophos
Status
Sfos
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 April 2020

Badges

💰 Ransomware👾 Exploit Exists🟣 EPSS 82%🦅 CISA Reported

Summary

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Sophos XG Firewall versions 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 prior to April 25, 2020. This security issue impacts devices that have the administration service or User Portal exposed to the WAN zone. Exploitation of this flaw allows an attacker to execute remote code, potentially leading to the exfiltration of sensitive information such as usernames and hashed passwords for device administrators, portal administrators, and remote access user accounts. However, it does not affect external Active Directory or LDAP passwords.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited and is known by the CISA as enabling ransomware campaigns.

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
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https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/135412
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https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/
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EPSS Score

82% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 💰

    Used in Ransomware

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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