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Vulnerability Intelligence Report

CVE-2017-18014

An NC-25986 issue was discovered in the Logging subsystem of Sophos XG Firewall with SFOS before 17.0.3 MR3. An unauthenticated user can trigger a persistent XSS vulnerability found in the WAF log page (Control Center -> Log Viewer -> in the filter option "Web Server Protection") in the webadmin interface, and execute any action available to the webadmin of the firewall (e.g., creating a new user, enabling SSH, or adding an SSH authorized key). The WAF log page will execute the "User-Agent" parameter in the HTTP POST request.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
6.1
MEDIUM
EPSS Probability:2.31%
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Attack Surface
Authentication
Weaponization
SSVC Action

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
sophos sfos 17.0
sophos xg_firewall all

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
2.307%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityMITRE Corporation · N/A · USA
Reserved2018-01-01T00:00:00
Published2018-01-12T17:00:00
Patch Date2017-12-20
Last Updated2024-08-05T21:06:50

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