CVE-2025-32820: sonicwall sma_100_firmware Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-32820 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in sonicwall sma_100_firmware. EPSS estimates a 2.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 07-05-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-05-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in SMA100 allows a remote authenticated attacker with SSLVPN user privileges can inject a path traversal sequence to make any directory on the SMA appliance writable.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.