8.4

CVE-2022-3709: sophos sophos firewall Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 8.4v3.1HighModified
Published 01-12-2022Last modified 24-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3709 is a high (CVSS 8.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in sophos sophos firewall. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.86%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A stored XSS vulnerability allows admin to super-admin privilege escalation in the Webadmin import group wizard of Sophos Firewall releases older than version 19.5 GA.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Sophos2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links