CVE-2020-12271

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12271
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-27 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-05 18:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not external Active Directory or LDAP passwords)

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.889370000 probability, percentile 0.995180000 (date 2026-04-02)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-89

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorSophos
ProductSFOS
NameSophos SFOS SQL Injection Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12271

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sophos Sfos 17.0 All All All
Operating System Sophos Sfos 17.1 All All All
Operating System Sophos Sfos 17.5 All All All
Operating System Sophos Sfos 18.0 All All All
Operating System Sophos Sfos 17.0 All All All
Operating System Sophos Sfos 17.1 All All All
Operating System Sophos Sfos 17.5 All All All
Operating System Sophos Sfos 18.0 All All All
Hardware Sophos Xg Firewall - All All All
Hardware Sophos Xg Firewall - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fixing SQL injection vulnerability and malicious code execution in XG Firewall/SFOS - Sophos Community MISC community.sophos.com Vendor Advisory
“Asnarök” Trojan targets firewalls – Sophos News MISC news.sophos.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html MISC cwe.mitre.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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