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CVE-2020-12271
critical
Description
A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not external Active Directory or LDAP passwords)
From the Tenable Blog
CVE-2020-12271: Zero-Day SQL Injection Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Exploited in the Wild
Published: 2020-04-27
Sophos pushes a hotfix to address a SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall that was exploited in the wild.
References
https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/sophos-fixes-3-critical-firewall-flaws.html
https://securityaffairs.com/172179/security/sophos-firewall-critical-vulnerabilities.html
https://www.databreachtoday.com/us-indicts-sanctions-alleged-chinese-sophos-firewall-hacker-a-27014
https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-seeking-information-on-chinese-hackers-targeting-sophos-firewalls/
https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2024/10/31/pacific-rim-timeline/
https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/a-look-inside-the-ransomware-ecosystem
https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2020-threat-landscape-retrospective