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TI-2020-11847 Aliases CVE-2020-15069GHSA-x7vj-wqq4-cq4v

Sophos XG Firewall 17.x through v17.5 MR12 allows a Buffer Overflow and remote code…

Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Sophos XG Firewall 17.x through v17.5 MR12 allows a Buffer Overflow and remote code execution via the HTTP/S Bookmarks feature for clientless access. Hotfix HF062020.1 was published for all firewalls running v17.x.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2025-02-06CISA due date 2025-02-27
EPSS 0.10674 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 14

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.0 to before 17.5VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release1:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release1VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release10:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release10VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release11:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release11VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release12:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release12VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release3:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release3VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release4:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release4VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release5:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release5VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release6:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release6VulnerableSophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.0 to before 17.5 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release1 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release10:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release10 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release11:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release11 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release12:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release12 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release3 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release4 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release5 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release6 Vulnerable ·Sophos
Show 4 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release7:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release7VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release8:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release8VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release9:*:*:*:*:*:*17.5 maintenance_release9VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:h:sophos:xg_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onSophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release7 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release8 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:o:sophos:xg_firewall_firmware:17.5:maintenance_release9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.5 maintenance_release9 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:h:sophos:xg_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Sophos

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2025-02-06 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15069
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x7vj-wqq4-cq4v

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-12208 A SQL injection vulnerability in the user and admin web interfaces of Sophos XG Firewall… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-13130 Two OS command injection vulnerabilities in the User Portal of Sophos XG Firewall through… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-03413 Code injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-03410 Cross-site scripting in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2022-02981 OS command injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2022-03397 Code injection in Sophos Firewall CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
See all 8 →

Sources

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