# CVE-2024-13973: SQL injection in Sophos Firewall

> Authenticated administrators can exploit SQL injection in WebAdmin to achieve arbitrary code execution on Sophos Firewall devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 21 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jfx3-jv8f-g222

## What is CVE-2024-13973?

CVE-2024-13973 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 21 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13973?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sophos Firewall Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13973?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sophos Firewall

- [CVE-2025-6704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6704/): Command injection in Sophos Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-7624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7624/): SQL injection in Sophos Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-12727](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12727/): SQL injection in Sophos Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-12728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12728/): Hardcoded credentials in Sophos Firewall (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-7382](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7382/): Command injection in Sophos Firewall (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13973 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13973 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall, published on 21 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13973 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-2024-13973/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13973/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13973
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13973
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13973

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13973/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.