CVE-2017-6183
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's configuration utilities for adding (and detecting) Active Directory servers was vulnerable to remote command injection, aka NSWA-1314.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, a section of the machine's configuration utilities for adding (and detecting) Active Directory servers was vulnerable to remote command injection, aka NSWA-1314.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.21% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- sophos/web appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.