CVE-2018-16117
A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/Controller in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the "dbName" POST parameter.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 43.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/Controller in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the "dbName" POST parameter.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 43.73% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- sophos/sfos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 43.7% since 27 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.
References
- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-002.mdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspxVendor Advisory
- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-002.mdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspxVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.