CVE-2020-12271 KEV
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 42.4% (pctl 99)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03.
Description
A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not external Active Directory or LDAP passwords)
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 42.43% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-05-03 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-04-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Sophos SFOS SQL Injection Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2022-05-03 |
| Vendor / product | Sophos / SFOS |
| Ransomware use | known |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sophos | sfos |
| sophos | xg firewall |
References
- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/135412
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/
- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/135412
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-12271
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