Critical severity · published Dec 19, 2024
CVE-2024-12727
A pre-auth SQL injection vulnerability in the email protection feature of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) allows access to the reporting database and can…
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A pre-auth SQL injection vulnerability in the email protection feature of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) allows access to the reporting database and can lead to remote code execution if a specific configuration of Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) is enabled in combination with the firewall running in High Availability (HA) mode.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firewall · Sophos
before 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) · source: vendor
FF
Firewall Firmware · Sophos
before 21.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12727
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12727
Patch
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241219-sfos-rce
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