XSS Vulnerabilities in Sophos Firewall Affecting Admin Privileges
CVE-2021-25268

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Sophos
Status
Sophos Firewall
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 May 2022

What is CVE-2021-25268?

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Webadmin interface of Sophos Firewall enable the potential for privilege escalation from MySophos administrator to a Sophos Firewall administrator, posing significant security risks. These vulnerabilities affect versions older than 19.0 GA, and addressing them is crucial to maintaining a secure firewall environment.

Affected Version(s)

Sophos Firewall < 19.0 GA

References

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-s...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Gaetano Sapia
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CVE-2021-25268 : XSS Vulnerabilities in Sophos Firewall Affecting Admin Privileges