CVE-2014-2849 describes a critical vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance versions prior to 3.8.2, allowing remote authenticated users to change the admin password through a crafted request to the change_password dialog box. With a CVSS score of 8.5, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of integrity and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules exist in Metasploit, demonstrating readily available exploit code. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage, suggesting limited public awareness or active exploitation in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance_firmware:3.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.8.1.1CPE 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:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.