CVE-2020-25223 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM before v9.705 MR5, v9.607 MR7, and v9.511 MR11

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

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 25, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.94415.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sophos	Unified Threat Management

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management:9.511:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management:9.607:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management:9.705:-::::::

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164697/Sophos-UTM-WebAdmin-SID-Command-Injection.html
https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog
https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-resolved-rce-in-sg-utm-webadmin-cve-2020-25223
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
https://www.secpod.com/blog/remote-code-execution-in-sophos-utm/

History

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-25'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:45:35.450Z

Reserved: 2020-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-25223

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:33:05.408Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-09-25T04:23:04.857

Modified: 2025-04-03T20:07:39.410

Link: CVE-2020-25223

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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