Web Appliance vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Web Appliance is made by Sophos. We track 18 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 140 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 16 November 2023. Sophos lists newer releases under their own names, such as Web Appliance Firmware, so check those pages too.
The most recent Web Appliance flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2023-1671, on 16 November 2023. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Web Appliance listed under other names? Yes.
Sophos also lists Web Appliance under more specific names, such as Web Appliance Firmware. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which versions of Web Appliance do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 4.3.10.4" means every version up to, but not including, 4.3.10.4. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2023-1671Exploited list, 16 Nov 2023
Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability
before 4.3.10.4
Which Web Appliance vulnerabilities are being exploited?
1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 9.8Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability
Sophos Web Appliance contains a command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler that allows for remote code execution.
Which Web Appliance flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- >99%
A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.
- 90%CVE-2013-4983Critical
The get_referers function in /opt/ws/bin/sblistpack in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the domain parameter...
- 71%CVE-2013-2641Medium
Directory traversal vulnerability in patience.cgi in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the id parameter.
- 61%CVE-2014-2849High
The Change Password dialog box (change_password) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to change the admin user password via a crafted request.
- 58%CVE-2014-2850High
The network interface configuration page (netinterface) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the address parameter.
- 25%CVE-2016-9554High
The Sophos Web Appliance Remote / Secure Web Gateway server (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to a Remote Command Injection vulnerability in its web administrative interface.
- 20%CVE-2016-9553High
The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface.
- 17%CVE-2017-6182Critical
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's interface responsible for generating reports was vulnerable to remote command injection via functions, aka NSWA-1304.
- 8.1%CVE-2013-4984High
The close_connections function in /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the second argument.
- 7.5%CVE-2017-6412High
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, Session Fixation could occur, aka NSWA-1310.
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Sophos Web Appliance contains a command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler that allows for remote code execution.
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We track 18 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Web Appliance, across 140 versions. The most recent Web Appliance flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2023-1671, on 16 November 2023.
1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2023-1671.
Sophos also lists Web Appliance under more specific names, such as Web Appliance Firmware. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2023-1671, affects before 4.3.10.4. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Web Appliance. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.