CVE-2024-12727 is a critical pre-authentication SQL injection vulnerability affecting Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) in its email protection feature. This flaw allows attackers to access the reporting database and can lead to remote code execution under specific conditions, namely when Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) is enabled and the firewall is in High Availability (HA) mode. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 21.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sophos:firewall_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.