Sophos Firewall up to 18.5 MR3 User Portal/Webadmin improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Firewall up to 18.5 MR3 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component User Portal/Webadmin. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-1040. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sophos Firewall up to 18.5 MR3 (Firewall Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component User Portal/Webadmin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 03/25/2022. The advisory is shared for download at sophos.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-1040 since 03/21/2022. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. This issue was added on 03/31/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 04/21/2022:

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (51006) and Zero-Day.cz (694). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/21/2022 🔍
03/25/2022 +4 days 🔍
03/25/2022 +0 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: sophos.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-1040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195780
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2022 19:48
Updated: 03/13/2025 19:14
Changes: 03/25/2022 19:48 (48), 03/27/2022 10:30 (1), 04/25/2024 08:04 (26), 06/22/2024 10:26 (2), 08/10/2024 20:12 (3), 09/19/2024 18:18 (2), 03/13/2025 19:14 (19)
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