Sophos fixes SQL injection vulnerability in their Cyberoam OS

Sophos has deployed a hotfix for their line of Cyberoam firewalls and routers to fix a SQL injection vulnerability. Sophos purchased firewall and router maker Cyberoam Technologies in 2014 and has been offering free upgrades to their XG Firewall OS since 2019. Today, Sophos disclosed that a SQL injection vulnerability was fixed in the Cyberoam (CROS) operating system that could remotely add accounts to a CROS device. "A pre-authentication SQL injection vulnerability was recently discovered and fixed on Cyberoam operating system (CROS) devices. This type of vulnerability could allow SQL statements to be executed remotely, but only if the administration interface (HTTPS admin service) was exposed on the WAN zone," the Sophos advisory explains. Sophos has told BleepingComputer that they are currently investigating whether threat actors have exploited this vulnerability. "A small subset of Cyberoam devices were affected by a pre-authentication SQL injection vulnerability and we quickly deployed a hotfix to these devices. No further action is required. More information is available at the Community Page and KBA." "We’ve been phasing out Cyberoam devices since early 2019, and recommend users update to XG Firewall. An easy upgrade path is available that allows Cyberoam users to upgrade their software free of charge," Sophos told BleepingComputer in a statement. This vulnerability does not impact Sophos XG Firewall and SG UTM devices. Sophos has already deployed a hotfix for this vu...