Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-9866

RCE

Title: Sonicwall Global Management System RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-9866.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Aug 03, 2018
Modified Date May 05, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
11.23%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-9866: A vulnerability in lack of validation of user-supplied parameters pass to XML-RPC calls on SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) virtual appliance's, allow remote user to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affected GMS version 8.1 and earlier.

Impacted Vendors

S
sonicwall 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10305 https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0007 https://twitter.com/ddouhine/status/1019251292202586112 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10305 https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0007 https://twitter.com/ddouhine/status/1019251292202586112
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-9866 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.