CVE-2013-4983 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Sophos Web Appliance via shell metacharacters in the domain parameter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-4983?
CVE-2013-4983 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Sep 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The get_referers function in /opt/ws/bin/sblistpack in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the domain parameter to end-user/index.php.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4983?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sophos Web Appliance Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4983?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2013-4983 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-4983 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wh38-35m2-r3jm.