How severe is CVE-2016-9553?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-9553?

This is classified as CWE-77, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2016-9553 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 7.2

Vulnerability 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.

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