CVE-2024-12728 is a critical weak credentials vulnerability affecting Sophos Firewall versions older than 20.0 MR3 (20.0.3), potentially granting privileged system access via SSH. With a CVSS score of 9.8, 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 known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness. Organizations should prioritize patching to mitigate this critical risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.0.3CPE 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.