{"id":"CVE-2023-1671","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-1671","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T11:45:22.074Z","title":"Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability","description":"A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.","published":"2023-04-04T10:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:28:29.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@sophos.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-77"],"affected":["sophos/web appliance"],"epss":{"score":0.99999,"percentile":0.99991,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2023-11-16","dueDate":"2023-12-07","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nhttps://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce;  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1671"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2023-04-25","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51396,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sophos Web Appliance 4.3.10.4 - Pre-auth command injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51396","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/51396.sh","file":"exploits/php/webapps/51396.sh","published":"2023-04-25","added":"2023-04-25","updated":"2023-04-25","author":"Behnam Abasi Vanda","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2023-1671"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 7 December 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172016/Sophos-Web-Appliance-4.3.10.4-Command-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security-alert@sophos.com"},{"url":"https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-alert@sophos.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172016/Sophos-Web-Appliance-4.3.10.4-Command-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20230404-swa-rce","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-1671","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1671","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."}