OS Command Injection in Sophos Firewall - CVE-2024-12729
Published: December 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101874
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12729
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the User Portal. A remote authenticated user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Affected software
Sophos Firewall
How to mitigate CVE-2024-12729
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sophos Firewall - update to 21.0.1