CVE-2020-12271
Sophos SFOS SQL Injection Vulnerability
Published Apr 26, 2020 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · sophos sfos
A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not external Active Directory or LDAP passwords)
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Apr 26, 2020 · Catalog
Detected
A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local
Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
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May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
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Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local
Required action
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CISA due date May 3, 2022
Affected
- cpe sophos/sfos17.0
- cpe sophos/sfos17.1
- cpe sophos/sfos17.5
- cpe sophos/sfos18.0
- vendor Sophos SFOSversion unspecified
Sources
- CISA KEVCVE-2020-12271
Sophos Firewall operating system (SFOS) firmware contains a SQL injection vulnerability when configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal is exposed on the WAN zone. Successful exploitation may cause remote code execution to exfiltrate usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not exter
cisa.gov - CVE.orgCVE-2020-12271
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSCVE-2020-12271
30-day exploitation probability 42.4%
first.org - NIST NVDCVE-2020-12271
A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone.
nvd.nist.gov