High severity · published Jul 21, 2025
CVE-2024-13974
A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than version 21.0 MR1 (20.0.1) can lead to attackers controlling the firewall’s DNS environment to…
8.1
CVSS
9.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall older than version 21.0 MR1 (20.0.1) can lead to attackers controlling the firewall’s DNS environment to achieve remote code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.1% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
Firewall Firmware · Sophos
before 21.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13974
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13974
Vendor Advisory
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20250721-sfos-rce
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