CVE-2019-7483

SonicWall SMA100 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

  • High 7.5
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 28 Mar 2022

Description

In SonicWall SMA100, an unauthenticated Directory Traversal vulnerability in the handleWAFRedirect CGI allows the user to test for the presence of a file on the server.

Key facts

Published
19 Dec 2019
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
sonicwall
KEV added
28 Mar 2022
KEV fix due
18 Apr 2022
EPSS
4.01% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 90.721% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: partial

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.5CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SonicWallSMA100
  • 9.0.0.3 and earlier (affected)

Timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2019 Published
  2. 28 Mar 2022 CVE-2019-7483 added to CISA KEV
  3. 28 Mar 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on Path traversal (CWE-22).

References