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TI-2023-01568 Aliases CVE-2023-1671GHSA-5f37-m2hf-qphr

Command injection in Sophos Web Appliance

Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-77Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2023-11-16CISA due date 2023-12-07
EPSS 0.99999 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Sophos Web Appliance (Sophos): 4.3.10.4

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
SophosSophos Web Appliancebefore 4.3.10.44.3.10.4Patch availableCNA
  • Sophos Web Appliance VendorSophos Affected before 4.3.10.4 Fixed in 4.3.10.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.3.10.4VulnerableSophos
  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.3.10.4 Vulnerable ·Sophos

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-2022-04525 Command injection in Sophos Web AppliancePriority LOW 37
    • TI-2020-18864 Cross-site scripting in Sophos Web AppliancePriority LOW 30
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Timeline

  1. 2023-11-16 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1671
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f37-m2hf-qphr

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • 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
  • TI-2016-07777 The Sophos Web Appliance Remote / Secure Web Gateway server (version 4.2.1.3) is… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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