VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4983

The get_referers function in /opt/ws/bin/sblistpack in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the domain parameter to end-user/index.php.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 90.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 90.1%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 90.13% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits: 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 September 2013
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-78
Affected: sophos/web appliance firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 90.1% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-28334 source ↗	Sophos Web Protection Appliance - 'sblistpack' Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)linux · Metasploit	remote	17 September 2013	yes
EDB-28175 source ↗	Sophos Web Protection Appliance - Multiple Vulnerabilitieslinux · Core Security	webapps	9 September 2013	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.