#VU27326 SQL injection in Sophos Firewall - CVE-2020-12271
Published: April 26, 2020 / Updated: May 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27326
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12271
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerable software:
Sophos Firewall
Sophos Firewall
Software vendor:
Sophos
Sophos
Description
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
Apply hotfix, provided by the vendor.