Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2019-7483

SonicWall SMA100 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Published Dec 18, 2019 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances

Patch now

CVE-2019-7483 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 18, 2022. Confirm SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
4.01%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe sonicwall/sma 100 firmware · vendor SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances · vendor SonicWall SMA100

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.

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  • cpe sonicwall/sma 100 firmwareversion unspecified
  • vendor SonicWall SMA 100 Appliancesversion unspecified
  • vendor SonicWall SMA100version unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-7483

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2019-7483 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 18, 2022. Confirm SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 4.01%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 18, 2019 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 28, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Apr 18, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-7483

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-7483

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-7483

    30-day exploitation probability 4.0%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-7483

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-7483

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.