Critical 9.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Sep 25, 2020

CVE-2020-25223A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM before v9.705 MR5, v9.607 MR7, and v9.511 MR11

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:30 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 15, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM before v9.705 MR5, v9.607 MR7, and v9.511 MR11

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Mar 25, 2022; federal remediation due Apr 15, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 96.75% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

sophos unified_threat_management sophos:unified_threat_management	before 9.511; from 9.600 before 9.607; from 9.700 before 9.705; 9.511; 9.607; 9.705	NVD

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.htmltechnical-description
https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blognot-applicable, vendor-advisory
https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-resolved-rce-in-sg-utm-webadmin-cve-2020-25223vendor-advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164697/Sophos-UTM-WebAdmin-SID-Command-Injection.htmlexploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://www.secpod.com/blog/remote-code-execution-in-sophos-utm/exploit, third-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-25223us-government-resource

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