Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-12727

Critical

Published: 19 December 2024

Published
19 December 2024
Modified
12 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0312 87.1th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-12727 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Sophos Firewall Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A pre-auth SQL injection vulnerability in the email protection feature of Sophos Firewall versions older than 21.0 MR1 (21.0.1) allows access to the reporting database and can lead to remote code execution if a specific configuration of Secure PDF eXchange…

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(SPX) is enabled in combination with the firewall running in High Availability (HA) mode.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

sophos
firewall firmware
≤ 21.0.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References