What is CVE-2018-16116?

CVE-2018-16116 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Sfos, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-16116?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Sophos Sfos

CVE-2018-16116

SQL injection vulnerability in AccountStatus.jsp in Admin Portal of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the "username" GET parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2019-06-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sophos Sfos — versions 17.0.8
Sophos Xg Firewall

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspx (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-001.md (Third Party Advisory)
community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16116?: CVE-2018-16116 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Sfos, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-16116?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.