CVE-2018-16118

high

Description

A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/APIController in the API Configuration component of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metachracters in the "X-Forwarded-for" HTTP header.

References

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspx

https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-003.md

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-20

Updated: 2019-06-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H