Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2019-7483

SonicWall SMA100 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Past federal due date 4 public exploits Added 28 Mar 2022 Due 18 Apr 2022 · 1572 days ago
VendorSonicWall
ProductSMA100
WeaknessCWE-22
RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

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.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

4 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

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Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified August 6, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.