Findings

CVE-2023-1671

Sophos Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability

Published Apr 4, 2023 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · sophos web appliance

A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 4, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.

  2. Nov 16, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Dec 7, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA due date Dec 7, 2023

Affected

  • cpe sophos/web applianceversion unspecified
  • vendor Sophos Web Applianceversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVCVE-2023-1671

    Sophos Web Appliance contains a command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler that allows for remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgCVE-2023-1671

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSCVE-2023-1671

    30-day exploitation probability 100.0%

    first.org
  • Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • NIST NVDCVE-2023-1671

    A pre-auth command injection vulnerability in the warn-proceed handler of Sophos Web Appliance older than version 4.3.10.4 allows execution of arbitrary code.

    nvd.nist.gov

References