CVE-2018-16117

moderate-risk

Published 2019-06-20

A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/Controller in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the "dbName" POST parameter.

Do I need to act?

0.96% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Sfos

Affected Vendors

Sophos

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637

Patch https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-002.md

Vendor Advisory https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspx

Vendor Advisory https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637

Patch https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-002.md

Vendor Advisory https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspx

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moderate-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal

Exposure 9/34 · Low