Code Injection in Sophos Firewall v19.0 MR1 and older User Portal/Webadmin
CVE-2022-3236 Published on September 23, 2022

A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 and older.

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Sophos Firewall Code Injection Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall allows for remote code execution.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by October 14, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-3236 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

CVE-2022-3236 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-3236

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Affected Versions

Sophos Firewall:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
92.88%
Percentile
99.76%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.