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    CVE-2022-1040

    An authentication bypass vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR3 and older.

    Published:Mar 25, 2022
    Last Modified:Oct 27, 2025
    EPS:Mar 25, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.94439
    CVSS Score:9.8

    CISA Notification

    Description

    An authentication bypass vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR3 and older.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Apr 21, 2022
    1604 days ago
    Alert Date
    Mar 31, 2022
    1625 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Sfos

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168046/Sophos-XG115w-Firewall-17.0.10-MR-10-Authentication-Bypass.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51006https://github.com/Cyb3rEnthusiast/CVE-2022-1040https://github.com/jackson5sec/CVE-2022-1040https://github.com/jam620/Sophos-Vulnerabilityhttps://github.com/Keith-amateur/cve-2022-1040https://github.com/killvxk/CVE-2022-1040https://github.com/michealadams30/CVE-2022-1040https://github.com/xMr110/CVE-2022-1040

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High