CVE-2024-13973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00018.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20250721-sfos-rce

History

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.
Weaknesses		CWE-89
References		https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20250721-sfos-rce
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2025-07-21T13:38:22.516Z

Updated: 2025-07-21T14:59:22.227Z

Reserved: 2025-07-14T09:16:10.768Z

Link: CVE-2024-13973

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-21T14:59:15.586Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-21T14:15:26.747

Modified: 2025-07-22T13:06:07.260

Link: CVE-2024-13973

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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