CVE-2017-18014

MEDIUM

Sophos SFOS < 17.0.3 MR3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via WAF Log User-Agent Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/24
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/128024
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3612

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.9%
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 (2)
sophos/sfos 17.0 mr1 (3 CPE variants)
sophos/sfos < 17.0
Published Jan 12, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026