CVE-2022-3236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 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

No CVSS v2

This CVE is in the KEV database since Sept. 23, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.91285.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sophos	Firewall

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220923-sfos-rce

History

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-3236

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-2022-3236

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-2022-3236

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.92662}`	epss `{'score': 0.92765}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-09-23'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2022-09-23T12:50:13.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:15:34.699Z

Reserved: 2022-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3236

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.526Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T13:15:10.327

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:18:08.500

Link: CVE-2022-3236

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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