CVE-2017-6184 Command injection in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Sophos Web Appliance via the report generation token parameter.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-6184?

CVE-2017-6184 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Mar 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's interface responsible for generating reports was vulnerable to remote command injection via the token parameter, aka NSWA-1303.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6184?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sophos Web Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6184 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-2017-6184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cwhp-m7c7-w6rm.

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