SB2020042601 - SQL injection in Sophos XG Firewall/SFOS



SB2020042601 - SQL injection in Sophos XG Firewall/SFOS

Published: April 26, 2020 Updated: April 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020042601
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Critical 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12271)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed to the User Portal or Admin interfaces. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Note, this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.