Vulnerability-Lookup

FKIE_CVE-2021-25273

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-07-29 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:41

Severity

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

Stored XSS can execute as administrator in quarantined email detail view in Sophos UTM before version 9.706.

References

URL	Tags
security-alert@sophos.com	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-alert@sophos.com	https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	sophos	unified_threat_management	*

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "Sophos UTM",
          "vendor": "Sophos",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "9.705",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "unspecified",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-alert@sophos.com"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "2957C11D-35F2-4C1D-B27E-14912B493EEC",
              "versionEndExcluding": "9.706",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Stored XSS can execute as administrator in quarantined email detail view in Sophos UTM before version 9.706."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de tipo XSS almacenado puede ejecutarse como administrador en la visualizaci\u00f3n de detalles del correo electr\u00f3nico en cuarentena en Sophos UTM versiones anteriores a 9.706"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-25273",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:41:44.917",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "SINGLE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 3.5,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 6.8,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": true
      }
    ],
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.7,
        "impactScore": 2.7,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2021-07-29T20:15:07.580",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "security-alert@sophos.com",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-alert@sophos.com",
      "tags": [
        "Release Notes",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Release Notes",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security-alert@sophos.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2021-25273 (GCVE-0-2021-25273)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-29 19:17 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:56

Summary

Stored XSS can execute as administrator in quarantined email detail view in Sophos UTM before version 9.706.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

Sophos mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Sophos	Sophos UTM	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 9.705 (custom)

Credits

Daniel Hoffmann, usd AG

Show details on NVD website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T19:56:11.066Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released"
          },
          {
            "name": "20211203 usd AG Security Advisories 11/2021",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_FULLDISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "Sophos UTM",
          "vendor": "Sophos",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "9.705",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "unspecified",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Daniel Hoffmann, usd AG"
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Stored XSS can execute as administrator in quarantined email detail view in Sophos UTM before version 9.706."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2021-12-03T18:06:08.000Z",
        "orgId": "526a354d-e866-4174-ae7d-bac848e5c4c5",
        "shortName": "Sophos"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released"
        },
        {
          "name": "20211203 usd AG Security Advisories 11/2021",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_FULLDISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "security-alert@sophos.com",
          "ID": "CVE-2021-25273",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "Sophos UTM",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_affected": "\u003c=",
                            "version_value": "9.705"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "Sophos"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "credit": [
          {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Daniel Hoffmann, usd AG"
          }
        ],
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "Stored XSS can execute as administrator in quarantined email detail view in Sophos UTM before version 9.706."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/posts/utm-up2date-9-706-released"
            },
            {
              "name": "20211203 usd AG Security Advisories 11/2021",
              "refsource": "FULLDISC",
              "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "526a354d-e866-4174-ae7d-bac848e5c4c5",
    "assignerShortName": "Sophos",
    "cveId": "CVE-2021-25273",
    "datePublished": "2021-07-29T19:17:34.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T19:56:11.066Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.

Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.