{"id":"CVE-2016-9553","aliases":["EUVD-2016-10359","GHSA-52hh-4qqc-mxwh"],"status":"published","title":"The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection...","description":"The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php (/controllers/MgrReport.php) component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses from accessing the device. The device doesn't properly escape the information passed in the variables 'unblockip' and 'blockip' before calling the shell_exec() function which allows for system commands to be injected into the device. The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. The Sophos ID is NSWA-1258.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.19815,"percentile":0.9743,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"published":"2017-01-28T12:38:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:12Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-41413","title":"Sophos Web Appliance 4.2.1.3 - block/unblock Remote Command Injection (Metasploit)","type":"webapps","platform":"php","date":"2016-12-12","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41413"}],"products":[{"vendor":"sophos","product":"web_appliance"}],"references":[{"url":"http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Release Notes"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-version-4-3-1","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Release Notes"]},{"url":"http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9553"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-52hh-4qqc-mxwh"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-9553","description":"The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. 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These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php (/controllers/MgrReport.php) component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses from accessing the device. The device doesn't properly escape the information passed in the variables 'unblockip' and 'blockip' before calling the shell_exec() function which allows for system commands to be injected into the device. The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. The Sophos ID is NSWA-1258.","status":"published","published":"2017-01-28T12:38:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T02:50:38Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:22:26.803486Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-52hh-4qqc-mxwh","title":"The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection...","description":"The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php (/controllers/MgrReport.php) component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses from accessing the device. The device doesn't properly escape the information passed in the variables 'unblockip' and 'blockip' before calling the shell_exec() function which allows for system commands to be injected into the device. The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. 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The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. The Sophos ID is NSWA-1258.","status":"published","published":"2017-01-28T12:59:00.133Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:12.44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":9,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-77"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:35.029632Z"}]}}