CVE-2024-53704

critical

Description

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

References

https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003

https://cyberscoop.com/sonicwall-exploited-vulnerabilities-surge/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/cisa-adds-palo-alto-networks-and.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/18/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-patches-authentication-bypass-vulnerabilities-in-firewalls/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/major-vulnerabilities-patched-in.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sonicwall-urges-admins-to-patch-exploitable-sslvpn-bug-immediately/

https://securityaffairs.com/172823/security/sonicwall-sonicos-authentication-bypass-flaw.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-01-09

Updated: 2025-02-19

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.93503

Vulnerability Watch

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Vulnerability of Interest