{"id":"CVE-2017-6182","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6182","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:19:12.790Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-03-30T17:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["sophos/web appliance"],"epss":{"score":0.16685,"percentile":0.9701,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.13368,"percentile":0.96301},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.16685,"percentile":0.96885}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2017-07-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42332,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sophos Web Appliance 4.3.0.2 - 'trafficType' Remote Command Injection (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42332","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/json/webapps/42332.rb","file":"exploits/json/webapps/42332.rb","published":"2017-07-18","added":"2017-07-18","updated":"2017-07-18","author":"xort","type":"webapps","platform":"json","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2017-6182"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42332/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42332/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6182","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."}