{"id":"CVE-2017-18014","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18014","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:36.650Z","title":"An unauthenticated user can trigger a persistent XSS vulnerability found in the WAF log page (Control Center -> Log Viewer -> in the filter option \"Web Server Protection\") in the webadmin interface, and execute any action available to the webadmin of…","description":"An NC-25986 issue was discovered in the Logging subsystem of Sophos XG Firewall with SFOS before 17.0.3 MR3. An unauthenticated user can trigger a persistent XSS vulnerability found in the WAF log page (Control Center -> Log Viewer -> in the filter option \"Web Server Protection\") in the webadmin interface, and execute any action available to the webadmin of the firewall (e.g., creating a new user, enabling SSH, or adding an SSH authorized key). The WAF log page will execute the \"User-Agent\" parameter in the HTTP POST request.","published":"2018-01-12T17:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["sophos/sfos"],"epss":{"score":0.02307,"percentile":0.83263,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.22614,"percentile":0.97662},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.02307,"percentile":0.82603}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.02307,"from":0.22614,"percentile":0.82603},"summary":"EPSS moved from 22.6% to 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.22614,"from":0.02307,"percentile":0.97662},"summary":"EPSS moved from 2.3% to 22.6% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/24","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3612","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/128024","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/b/xg-blog/posts/sfos-17-0-3-mr3-released","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/24","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3612","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/128024","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/b/xg-blog/posts/sfos-17-0-3-mr3-released","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18014","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}