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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2019-7483

SMA100 Path Traversal

SonicWall / SMA100 · 9.0.0.3 and earlier

Severity
CVSS 7.5 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
4.0%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2019-7483 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting SonicWall SMA100. In SonicWall SMA100, an unauthenticated Directory Traversal vulnerability in the handleWAFRedirect CGI allows the user to test for the...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

SonicWall / SMA100 9.0.0.3 and earlier.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

SMA100 Path Traversal

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.

Vendor Product Affected Status
SonicWall SMA100 9.0.0.3 and earlier Affected
Published
19 Dec 2019
Exploitation Reported
28 Mar 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

edge cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 28 Mar 2022

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-03-28 00:00 UTC
Tenable Blog 2026-07-15 17:14 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

4.0%

Recent mention · Tenable Blog

CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410: SonicWall SMA 1000 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild

SonicWall patched two recently exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in its SMA 1000 Series secure remote access appliances which may have been chained for unauthenticated remote code execution.Key takeawaysCVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410 are a pair of exploited vulnerabilities...

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All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 5.0 Medium

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. KEV confirmed by Tenable Blog

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2019-7483",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.5,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.03977,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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