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CVE-2021-20028

SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA) SQL Injection Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 30.1%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 18 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Improper neutralization of a SQL Command leading to SQL Injection vulnerability impacting end-of-life Secure Remote Access (SRA) products, specifically the SRA appliances running all 8.x firmware and 9.0.0.9-26sv or earlier

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
30.08% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Listed 28 March 2022 · due 18 April 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
sonicwall/sma 210 firmware · sonicwall/sma 410 firmware · sonicwall/sma 500v firmware · sonicwall/sra 4600 firmware · sonicwall/sra 1600 firmware · sonicwall/sra va firmware
Source
PSIRT@sonicwall.com
EPSS trend
0%18%35%30 October 2026: 30.08%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 30.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20028

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.