CVE-2022-3980 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An XML External Entity (XEE) vulnerability allows server-side request forgery (SSRF) and potential code execution in Sophos Mobile managed on-premises between versions 5.0.0 and 9.7.4.

Published: 2022-11-16

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 88.0% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Sophos

Sophos Mobile managed on-premises

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.0`	affected	< unspecified
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 9.7.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:mobile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.87961.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20221116-smc-xee

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sophos Mobile

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T14:12:08.837Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3980

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.013Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-16T13:15:10.180

Modified: 2025-04-29T14:15:21.007

Link: CVE-2022-3980

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-611

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