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
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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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%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2018-01-01T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2018-01-12T17:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2017-12-20 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-05T21:06:50 |
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