CVE-2013-4983 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Sophos Web Appliance versions prior to 3.7.9.1 and 3.8.1.1. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the appliance by injecting shell metacharacters into the domain parameter of the end-user/index.php script. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite its severity and exploit availability, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance_firmware:3.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:web_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:web_appliance_firmware:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:web_appliance_firmware:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:web_appliance_firmware:3.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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