{
  "id": "CVE-2020-12271",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2020-12271",
  "published": "2020-04-27T04:15:10.553Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T02:51:32.573Z",
  "score": 9.8,
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.42434,
  "epss_percentile": 0.98672,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03",
    "due": "2022-05-03",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Known",
    "name": "Sophos SFOS SQL Injection Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12271"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "sophos"
  ],
  "products": [
    "sophos sfos"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-89"
  ],
  "description": "A SQL injection issue was found in SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, and 18.0 before 2020-04-25 on Sophos XG Firewall devices, as exploited in the wild in April 2020. This affected devices configured with either the administration (HTTPS) service or the User Portal exposed on the WAN zone. A successful attack may have caused remote code execution that exfiltrated usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access (but not external Active Directory or LDAP passwords)",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 9.8,
    "cvss_v30": 10
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/135412",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-12271",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12271",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}