SQL injection in Sophos Firewall - CVE-2022-1807
Published: October 3, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67802
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1807
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Webadmin. A remote privileged user can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and escalate privileges to super-admin.
Affected software
Sophos Firewall
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1807
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sophos Firewall - addressed in versions 18.5.4, 19.0.1