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CVE-2021-20040

A relative path traversal vulnerability in the SMA100 upload funtion allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to upload crafted web pages or files as a 'nobody' user.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 25.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A relative path traversal vulnerability in the SMA100 upload funtion allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to upload crafted web pages or files as a 'nobody' user. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
25.15% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-23, CWE-22
Affected
sonicwall/sma 200 firmware · sonicwall/sma 210 firmware · sonicwall/sma 410 firmware · sonicwall/sma 400 firmware · sonicwall/sma 500v firmware
Source
PSIRT@sonicwall.com
EPSS trend
0%15%30%26 October 2026: 25.15%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 25.1% since 26 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.

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