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CVE-2017-6183

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6183 describes a remote command injection vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) versions prior to 4.3.1.2, specifically within the Active Directory configuration utilities. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) allows an authenticated attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary commands, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0321 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

community.sophos.com / products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2
Vendor Advisory
wsa.sophos.com / rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97261