Software version: Sophos XG Firewall versions 16 and older, 16.5 OEM, 17.0
- Impact: An authenticated attacker is able to access information in database, modificate arbitrary values in database.
- Access Vector: Remote
- CVSS v3 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Overall CVSS Score: 8.5
- CVE: CVE-2018-16116
- CWE Type: CWE-89
Sohos XG Firewall is a software firewall and network access control appliance.
SQL injection vulnerability in AccountStatus.jsp in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username
GET parameter.
SQL injection vulnerability is present in /webconsole/webpages/myaccount/AccountStatus.jsp
URL in GET parameter username
. Exploitation requires authentication with a low-privileged account (Audit Admin
, for example).
Vendor has released a patch for the vulnerability- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637
The weakness was discovered by specialists from Kaspersky Lab.