PT-2018-19085 · Sonicwall · Sonicwall Global Management System

Michael Flanders · Published 2018-08-03 · Updated 2025-05-05 · CVE-2018-9866

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) versions 8.1 and earlier

Description A vulnerability in the lack of validation of user-supplied parameters passed to XML-RPC calls allows remote users to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions 8.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 8.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the XML-RPC calls to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Command Injection

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9866

Affected Products

Sonicwall Global Management System

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10305 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9866 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9866 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/ddouhine/status/1019251292202586112 · Note
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0007 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/120863 · Telegram Post