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CVE detail

CVE-2023-44221

Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 SSL-VPN management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, potentially leading to OS Command Injection Vulnerability.

CVSS 7.2 · HighBuzz score 57.5KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 57.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 19.5 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
19.5
6 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
13.0
4 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
6 source links · newest first
  • 5th May – Threat Intelligence ReportCheck Point Research

    For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 5th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Three major UK retailers – Co-op, Harrods and Marks & Spencer (M&S) – were hit by cyberattacks that disrupted operations and compromised sensitive data. The attacks are believed linked to the Scattered […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comMay 5, 2025, 11:42 AM
  • PoC code targeting two exploited SonicWall flaws was published just CISA added them to the KEV catalog.

    newswww.securityweek.comMay 5, 2025, 9:55 AM
  • Attackers have been using two previously known vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2023-44221) to compromise SonicWall secure mobile access devices, the vendor has confirmed by updating the associated advisories. CISA has added the two flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and Watchtowr researchers have analyzed how they can be being chained together and have released a proof-of-concept exploit (or, as they call it, a “Detection Artefact Generator”). The exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2023-44221) Sonicwall SMA100 appliances are VPN … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comMay 2, 2025, 1:16 PM
  • U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SonicWall SMA100 and Apache HTTP Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Qualitia Active! Mail, Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS, and Commvault Web Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these flaws: […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 2, 2025, 7:49 AM
  • SonicWall has updated the advisories for two vulnerabilities to warn that they are being exploited in the wild.

    newswww.securityweek.comMay 1, 2025, 10:00 AM
  • SonicWall confirmed that threat actors actively exploited two vulnerabilities impacting its SMA100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances. SonicWall revealed that attackers actively exploited two security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-44221 and CVE-2024-38475, in its SMA100 Secure Mobile Access appliances. Below are the descriptions of the two flaws: “During further analysis, SonicWall and trusted security partners identified an […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 1, 2025, 8:31 AM

Exploit code

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