THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2013-2642
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-2642

Web Appliance Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
7.2%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the client-ip parameter to the Block page, when using the user_workstation variable in a customized template, and remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (2) url parameter to the Diagnostic Tools functionality or (3) entries parameter to the Local Site List functionality.
Affected vendor
Sophos
Affected product
Web Appliance Firmware
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2014-03-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-2642

  • Confirm whether Sophos Web Appliance Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-2642.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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