Sophos Web Appliance up to 4.3.9.1 Exception Wizard command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sophos Web Appliance. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Exception Wizard. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-4934. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Web Appliance. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Exception Wizard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A post-auth command injection vulnerability in the exception wizard of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows administrators to execute arbitrary code.

The weakness was published 04/04/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at sophos.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-4934 since 03/28/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.3.10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Appliance 4.3.10.4

Timelineinfo

03/28/2023 🔍
04/04/2023 +7 days 🔍
04/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
02/11/2025 +679 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: sophos.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-4934 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-4934
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224855

Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2023 15:56
Updated: 02/11/2025 17:21
Changes: 04/04/2023 15:56 (49), 02/11/2025 17:21 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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