CVE-2022-1040 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR3 and older.

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 Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 31, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.94439.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sophos	Sfos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.html
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1040
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1040

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1040

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1040

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-31'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2022-03-25T12:10:10.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:15:43.601Z

Reserved: 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1040

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:47:43.274Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-03-25T12:15:07.750

Modified: 2025-10-27T17:01:03.883

Link: CVE-2022-1040

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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