# CVE-2022-1807: SQL injection in Sophos Firewall

> SQL injection in Webadmin allows admins to escalate privileges to super-admin on Sophos Firewall devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8j25-fc9v-q7qf

## What is CVE-2022-1807?

CVE-2022-1807 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 7 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple SQLi vulnerabilities in Webadmin allow for privilege escalation from admin to super-admin in Sophos Firewall older than version 18.5 MR4 and version 19.0 MR1.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1807?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sophos Firewall.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1807?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1807 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1807 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1807 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sophos Firewall

- [CVE-2022-3236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3236/): Sophos Firewall Code Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-5552](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5552/): Information disclosure in Sophos Firewall (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1807 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1807 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 7 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1807 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sophos Firewall. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1807/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1807/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1807
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1807
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1807

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1807/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.