CVE-2024-13973 (GCVE-0-2024-13973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-21 13:38
Modified
2025-07-21 14:59
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Summary
A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.
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Sophos Sophos Firewall Version: 0   ≤
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