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high 8.5

CVE-2014-2849 in the critical feed json

The Change Password dialog box (change_password) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to change the admin…

published 2014-04-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-2874

cvss
8.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
60.9%
EPSS 60.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The Change Password dialog box (change_password) in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to change the admin user password via a crafted request.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/sophos_wpa_iface_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

60.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/sophos_wpa_iface_exec Sophos Web Protection Appliance Interface Authenticated Arbitrary Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-04-08
  • EDB-32789 Sophos Web Protection Appliance Interface - (Authenticated) Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2014-04-10
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66734 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 8.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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