CVE-2018-9866

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

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.

Affected products

SonicWall Global Management System (GMS): through 8.1

References

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

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