{
    "id": "CVE-2016-9553",
    "published": "2017-01-28 12:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:56:12",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-77",
    "description": "The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php (/controllers/MgrReport.php) component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses from accessing the device. The device doesn't properly escape the information passed in the variables 'unblockip' and 'blockip' before calling the shell_exec() function which allows for system commands to be injected into the device. The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. The Sophos ID is NSWA-1258.",
    "epss_score": "0.19462",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97293",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "sophos",
            "product": "web_appliance"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "41413",
            "title": "Sophos Web Appliance 4.2.1.3 - block/unblock Remote Command Injection (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2016-12-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41413"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5",
        "http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853",
        "https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-version-4-3-1",
        "http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5",
        "http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853",
        "https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-version-4-3-1"
    ]
}