CVE-2022-3696 Code injection in Sophos Firewall

High 7.2 Published Updated

Administrators can execute arbitrary code in the Sophos Firewall web admin interface, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2022-3696?

CVE-2022-3696 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 1 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A post-auth code injection vulnerability allows admins to execute code in Webadmin of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sophos Xg Firewall Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2022-3696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x8cr-3jh5-wvwp.

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