CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-9553

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to remote execution of system commands, posing a serious threat to the security of the device and the organization's entire network.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the device to the latest version that addresses these vulnerabilities and to review the security configuration of the administrative interface.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php (/controllers/MgrReport.php) component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses from accessing the device. The device doesn't properly escape the information passed in the variables 'unblockip' and 'blockip' before calling the shell_exec() function which allows for system commands to be injected into the device. The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. The Sophos ID is NSWA-1258.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS