CVE-2023-1671 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 16, 2023.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sophos	Web Appliance

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172016/Sophos-Web-Appliance-4.3.10.4-Command-Injection.html
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce

History

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2023-11-16'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2023-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-28T21:14:16.203Z

Reserved: 2023-03-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1671

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:57:24.840Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-04T10:15:07.197

Modified: 2025-01-28T22:15:13.780

Link: CVE-2023-1671

Redhat

No data.

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