CVE-2016-9834

MEDIUM

Sophos Cyberoam Firewall Firmware <= 10.6.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via LiveConnectionDetail.jsp Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-9834. PoCs published by Bhadresh Patel.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a reflected XSS vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam Firewall's LiveConnectionDetail.jsp page. The PoC shows how an attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript via the 'applicationname' and 'username' GET parameters to steal session cookies.

Description

An XSS vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary client side script on vulnerable installations of Sophos Cyberoam firewall devices with firmware through 10.6.4. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of a request to the "LiveConnectionDetail.jsp" application. GET parameters "applicationname" and "username" are improperly sanitized allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the page. This can be abused by an attacker to perform a cross-site scripting attack on the user. A vulnerable URI is /corporate/webpages/trafficdiscovery/LiveConnectionDetail.jsp.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Bhadresh Patel · textwebappshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42062

This exploit demonstrates a reflected XSS vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam Firewall's LiveConnectionDetail.jsp page. The PoC shows how an attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript via the 'applicationname' and 'username' GET parameters to steal session cookies.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Sophos Cyberoam Firewall <= Firmware Version 10.6.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious URL or open a malicious file
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Jun/4

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0183
EPSS Percentile 76.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
sophos/cyberoam_firmware < 10.6.4
Published Jun 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026