CVE-2025-7624 (GCVE-0-2025-7624)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-21 13:24 – Updated: 2025-07-21 15:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An SQL injection vulnerability in the legacy (transparent) SMTP proxy of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR2 (21.0.2) can lead to remote code execution, if a quarantining policy is active for Email and SFOS was upgraded from a version older than 21.0 GA.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-21 15:04 UTC
CWE
- CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophos | Sophos Firewall |
Affected:
0 , < 21.0 MR2 (21.0.2)
(semver)
|
guessed |
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