CVE-2014-2849
The Change Password dialog box (change_password) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to change the admin user password via a crafted request.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Change Password dialog box (change_password) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to change the admin user password via a crafted request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 8.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 60.93% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 April 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- sophos/web appliance firmware · sophos/web appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 60.9% since 26 October 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 (1)
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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57706Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32789Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66734Exploit
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120230.aspxVendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-069/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57706Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32789Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66734Exploit
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120230.aspxVendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-069/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.