{"id":"CVE-2022-3709","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-3709","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:57:12.363Z","title":"A stored XSS vulnerability allows admin to super-admin privilege escalation in the Webadmin import group wizard of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.","description":"A stored XSS vulnerability allows admin to super-admin privilege escalation in the Webadmin import group wizard of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.","published":"2022-12-01T18:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:00:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@sophos.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["sophos/xg firewall firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00863,"percentile":0.58329,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20221201-sfos-19-5-0","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-alert@sophos.com"},{"url":"https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20221201-sfos-19-5-0","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3709","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."}