Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-34125 is a medium-severity Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename' (CWE-27) vulnerability in Sonicwall Global Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked in the top 2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2023-34125 is a path traversal vulnerability, also referenced under CWE-22 and CWE-27, that affects SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier as well as Analytics 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier. The flaw permits an authenticated user to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem with root-level privileges, corresponding to a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 with network attack vector, low complexity, and low required privileges.
An attacker who already possesses valid credentials can send specially crafted requests over the network to traverse directories and retrieve sensitive files without any user interaction, resulting in high-impact confidentiality exposure while leaving integrity and availability unaffected.
SonicWall advisory SNWLID-2023-0010 and the associated support notice recommend applying the fixes published for the affected GMS and Analytics releases; administrators should review the vendor pages at psirt.global.sonicwall.com and www.sonicwall.com/support for the latest patched versions and configuration guidance.
The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1218 with no material increase after disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-38227
Vulnerability Data
Path Traversal vulnerability in GMS and Analytics allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem with root privileges. This issue affects GMS: 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier versions; Analytics: 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier versions.
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Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Vulnerability identification processes will discover path traversal weaknesses during code or configuration review.
Least-privilege file permissions and access enforcement can limit the damage from a successful traversal.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that prevent directory traversal flaws.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.