CVE-2023-1671 (GCVE-0-2023-1671)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-04-04 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Sophos Sophos Web Appliance Version: unspecified   < 4.3.10.4
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2023-11-16

Due date: 2023-12-07

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1671

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