CVE-2013-2642: Sophos Web Appliance

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the client-ip parameter to the Block page, when using the user_workstation variable in a customized template, and remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (2) url parameter to the Diagnostic Tools functionality or (3) entries parameter to the Local Site List functionality.

Affected products

  • Sophos Web Appliance
  • Sophos Web Appliance Firmware: up to and including 3.7.8.1

Published 2014-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.