Command injection in Sophos Web Appliance
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.
Summary
A post-auth command injection vulnerability in the exception wizard of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows administrators to execute arbitrary code.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Sophos Web Appliance (Sophos) Fixed in 4.3.10.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Sophos Web Appliance 4.3.10.4
3 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-01568 Command injection in Sophos Web AppliancePriority CRITICAL 100
- TI-2020-18864 Cross-site scripting in Sophos Web AppliancePriority LOW 30
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4934
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-32v8-f8qr-4pv8
References
More Sophos Web Appliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01568 Command injection in Sophos Web Appliance KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-02285 The Change Password dialog box (change_password) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2014-02286 The network interface configuration page (netinterface) in Sophos Web Appliance before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2013-02325 Directory traversal vulnerability in patience.cgi in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2017-04046 In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's interface… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-16494 Reflected cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Sophos Web Appliance… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-4934 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4934 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-32v8-f8qr-4pv8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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