CVE-2014-2849

high
Published 2014-04-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
8.5
VIR risk
8.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120230.aspx

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/57706

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sophosweb_appliance_firmware3.7.8

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.