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CVE-2020-25223: Sophos SG UTM Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
- EPSS: 96.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2020-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-78
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM before v9.705 MR5, v9.607 MR7, and v9.511 MR11
Affected products
- Sophos Unified Threat Management: before 9.511; from 9.600 before 9.607; from 9.700 before 9.705; 9.511, 9.607, 9.705 — fixed in 9.511, 9.607, 9.705
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Sophos Unified Threat Management 9.511, 9.607, 9.705. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164697/Sophos-UTM-WebAdmin-SID-Command-Injection.html
- https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog
- https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-resolved-rce-in-sg-utm-webadmin-cve-2020-25223
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/remote-code-execution-in-sophos-utm/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164697/Sophos-UTM-WebAdmin-SID-Command-Injection.html
- https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog
- https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-resolved-rce-in-sg-utm-webadmin-cve-2020-25223
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/remote-code-execution-in-sophos-utm/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-25223
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