XML external entity injection in SonicWall GMS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The XML document processed in the GMS ECM URL endpoint is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection, potentially resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information. This issue affects GMS: 9.3.4 and earlier versions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
SonicWall GMS — psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0007
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-19195 Use of hard-coded password in the GMS ECM endpoint leading to authentication bypass…Priority MEDIUM 43
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-29010
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8hp7-p44f-w939
- 2026-11-07 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More SonicWall vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-57684 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-12965 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-16819 Deserialization of untrusted data in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-03356 Stack-based buffer overflow in SonicWall SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03349 SQL injection in SonicWall SRA/SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-29010 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-29010 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8hp7-p44f-w939 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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