CVE-2022-3696 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A post-auth code injection vulnerability allows admins to execute code in Webadmin of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.

Published: 2022-12-01

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Sophos

Sophos Firewall

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 19.5 GA
`unspecified`	affected	< 19.0 MR2

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:sophos:xg_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43055	A post-auth code injection vulnerability allows admins to execute code in Webadmin of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00459.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20221201-sfos-19-5-0

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sophos Xg Firewall Xg Firewall Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T20:13:49.308Z

Reserved: 2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3696

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.340Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-01T18:15:10.343

Modified: 2025-04-24T20:15:24.440

Link: CVE-2022-3696

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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