Actively exploited · Published Sep 25, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25223
Critical 9.8 Exploited
In plain English
A critical-severity OS command injection in SG UTM from Sophos. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 96.8% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.
Official description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM before v9.705 MR5, v9.607 MR7, and v9.511 MR11
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog
- https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-resolved-rce-in-sg-utm-webadmin-cve-2020-25223
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164697/Sophos-UTM-WebAdmin-SID-Command-Injection.html
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/remote-code-execution-in-sophos-utm/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-25223 government-resource