Sophos SFOS 17.0/17.1/17.5/18.0 on XG Administration Service/User Portal sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sophos SFOS 17.0/17.1/17.5/18.0 on XG. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Administration Service/User Portal. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-12271. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sophos SFOS 17.0/17.1/17.5/18.0 on XG. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Administration Service/User Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not external Active Directory or LDAP passwords)

The weakness was shared 04/27/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-12271 since 04/27/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/03/2021 with a due date of 05/03/2022:

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Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Zero-Day.cz (576). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Private
Status: Attacked

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: community.sophos.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-12271 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12271
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154379
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/27/2020 08:54
Updated: 11/07/2025 20:49
Changes: 04/27/2020 08:54 (40), 04/27/2020 08:59 (11), 10/12/2020 20:28 (1), 04/20/2024 19:46 (24), 06/03/2024 08:10 (1), 06/03/2024 08:14 (18), 07/02/2024 02:36 (2), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 02/05/2025 05:15 (6), 11/07/2025 20:49 (1)
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