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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-13973

A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code executi

Published Jul 21, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 21, 2025 · Sophos Sophos Firewall

Check this week

CVE-2024-13973 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 12.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Sophos Sophos Firewall.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
12.26%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Sophos Sophos Firewall 0 <21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)

A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.

Are you affected?

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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Sophos Sophos Firewall 0 <21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)0 <21.0 MR1 (21.0.1)

How to fix CVE-2024-13973

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-13973 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 12.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Sophos Sophos Firewall.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Sophos Sophos Firewall 0 <21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) 0 <21.0 MR1 (21.0.1). Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 12.26%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.

  2. Jul 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-13973

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-13973

    30-day exploitation probability 12.26%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54804

    A post-auth SQL injection vulnerability in WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) can potentially lead to administrators achieving arbitrary code execution.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.