CVE-2020-5130 Server-side request forgery in SonicOS

What is CVE-2020-5130?

CVE-2020-5130 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, published on 17 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SonicOS SSLVPN LDAP login request allows remote attackers to cause external service interaction (DNS) due to improper validation of the request. This vulnerability impact SonicOS version 6.5.4.4-44n and earlier.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5130?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sonicwall Sonicos.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5130?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5130 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2020-5130 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Sonicwall Sonicos

• CVE-2020-5135 SonicWall SonicOS Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-40766 SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2024-53704 SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication Exploited High 8.2
• CVE-2025-40600 Denial of service in SonicOS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-22394 Auth bypass in SonicOS Critical 9.8

All Sonicwall Sonicos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4ggw-3x5g-hjm6.