CVE-2024-13974 describes a critical business logic vulnerability in the Up2Date component of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (20.0.1). This flaw allows attackers to manipulate the firewall's DNS environment, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it has high attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite limited community discussion, it has garnered some media attention, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| 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:H/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.