CVE-2017-6182
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's interface responsible for generating reports was vulnerable to remote command injection via functions, aka NSWA-1304.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's interface responsible for generating reports was vulnerable to remote command injection via functions, aka NSWA-1304.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 16.68% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 18 July 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- sophos/web appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 13.4% on 21 September 2026 to 16.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
- https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42332/
- http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
- https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42332/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.