High severity · published May 5, 2022
CVE-2021-25267
Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in Webadmin allow for privilege escalation from admin to super-admin in Sophos Firewall older than version 19.0 GA
8.4
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in Webadmin allow for privilege escalation from admin to super-admin in Sophos Firewall older than version 19.0 GA.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
Firewall Firmware · Sophos
before 19.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25267
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25267
Release Notes
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220505-sfos-19-0-0
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