CVE-2022-3709 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A stored XSS vulnerability allows admin to super-admin privilege escalation in the Webadmin import group wizard of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.

Published: 2022-12-01

Score: 6.8 Medium

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
`unspecified`	affected	< 18.5 MR5

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-2022-43066	A stored XSS vulnerability allows admin to super-admin privilege escalation in the Webadmin import group wizard 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 Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00264.

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: 2025-04-24T20:14:18.242Z

Reserved: 2022-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3709

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:57.033Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-01T18:15:10.397

Modified: 2025-04-24T20:15:24.583

Link: CVE-2022-3709

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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