OS Command Injection in Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) - CVE-2022-4934
Published: April 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74451
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4934
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 exception wizard. A remote authenticated administrator can send specially crafted request to the appliance and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Affected software
Sophos Web Appliance (SWA)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-4934
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) - update to 4.3.10.4