id: CVE-2022-1040 info: name: Sophos Firewall <=18.5 MR3 - Remote Code Execution author: For3stCo1d severity: critical description: | Sophos Firewall version v18.5 MR3 and older contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin which could allow a remote attacker to execute code. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, potentially leading to complete compromise of the firewall. remediation: | Upgrade to a patched version of Sophos Firewall (>=18.5 MR4) to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://github.com/killvxk/CVE-2022-1040 - https://github.com/CronUp/Vulnerabilidades/blob/main/CVE-2022-1040_checker - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1040 - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce - https://github.com/Mr-xn/Penetration_Testing_POC classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2022-1040 cwe-id: CWE-287 epss-score: 0.97434 epss-percentile: 0.99939 cpe: cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: sophos product: sfos shodan-query: http.title:"Sophos" tags: cve,cve2022,sophos,firewall,auth-bypass,rce,kev http: - method: POST path: - "{{BaseURL}}/userportal/Controller?mode=8700&operation=1&datagrid=179&json={\"🦞\":\"test\"}" headers: X-Requested-With: "XMLHttpRequest" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "{\"status\":\"Session Expired\"}" - type: word part: header words: - "Server: xxxx" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100f080aa3d8834e42afae528c892504c545864a4171a3a9942ab2a67b241c8cfc40220077fa609e7ee21031571a5fa2ca2d814a59157fd47ce39dc7ba4e6310900f35f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950