CVE-2018-9866

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

EPSS

5%p91

Published

Aug 3, 2018 (Aug 3, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: sonicwall
Products: global management system
Weakness: CWE-77, CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (4.5%)

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