Critical severity9.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-12271
CVE-2020-12271
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)
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Affected products
7- Sophos/SFOSdescription
- Range: <=18.0 before 2020-04-25
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/135412nvdVendor Advisory
- cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvdUS Government Resource
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