Sophos XG Firewall <= 19.0.1 RCE

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168124

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Synopsis

The remote Sophos XG Firewall is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168124

File Name: sophos_xg_sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 11/23/2022

Updated: 11/24/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3236

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Sophos XG Firewall

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3236

Detections

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