CVE-2018-16116 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability affecting Sophos XG Firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 and Sophos SFOS, specifically within the AccountStatus.jsp of the Admin Portal. This flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the "username" GET parameter. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it presents a significant risk of high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:17.0.8:mr8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.