CVE Database · CVE-2020-12271
CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
42.16%
Published
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Nov 7, 2025
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
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Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not external Active Directory or LDAP passwords)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (5)
References (7)