CVE-2021-25267 (GCVE-0-2021-25267)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-05 18:05 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in Webadmin allow for privilege escalation from admin to super-admin in Sophos Firewall older than version 19.0 GA.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophos | Sophos Firewall |
Affected:
unspecified , < 19.0 GA
(custom)
|
guessed |
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