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CVE-2014-2849

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 60.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Change Password dialog box (change_password) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to change the admin user password via a crafted request.

Affected products

• Sophos Web Appliance: all versions
• Sophos Web Appliance Firmware: through 3.8.1.1; 3.7.8, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.1.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3 (+71)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/57706
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32789
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66734
• http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120230.aspx
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-069/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57706
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32789
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66734
• http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120230.aspx
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-069/

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