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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20031

A Host Header Redirection vulnerability in SonicOS potentially allows a remote attacker to redirect firewall management users to arbitrary web domains.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 6.1EPSS 13.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A Host Header Redirection vulnerability in SonicOS potentially allows a remote attacker to redirect firewall management users to arbitrary web domains.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
13.04% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 13 October 2021
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-601
Affected
sonicwall/sonicos
Source
PSIRT@sonicwall.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%3 November 2026: 13.04%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 13.0% since 3 November 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.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-50414source ↗Sonicwall SonicOS 7.0 - Host Header Injectionhardware · Ramikanwebapps13 October 2021no

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