Sophos Firewall up to 19.4 Wifi Controller code injection

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
8.7$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sophos Firewall up to 19.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component Wifi Controller. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-3713. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Firewall up to 19.4 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Wifi Controller. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A code injection vulnerability allows adjacent attackers to execute code in the Wifi controller of Sophos Firewall older than version 19.5 GA.

The weakness was shared 12/02/2022. The advisory is shared for download at sophos.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-3713 since 10/27/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

Upgrading to version 19.5 GA eliminates this vulnerability.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.8
CNA Vector (Sophos Limited): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firewall 19.5 GA

Timelineinfo

10/27/2022 🔍
12/02/2022 +36 days 🔍
12/02/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/25/2025 +875 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: sophos.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-3713 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3713
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214664

Entryinfo

Created: 12/02/2022 13:50
Updated: 04/25/2025 02:49
Changes: 12/02/2022 13:50 (51), 04/25/2025 02:49 (26)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!