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CVE-2018-16118
published 2019-06-20

CVE-2018-16118: A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/APIController in the API Configuration component of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allows remote attackers to…

PriorityP357high8.1CVSS 3.0
AVNACHPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
3.72%
88.4th percentile
A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/APIController in the API Configuration component of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metachracters in the "X-Forwarded-for" HTTP header.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
sophossfos<= 16.0
sophossfos
sophossfos
sophossfos
sophossfos

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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