Vulnerability · CVE-2021-20028
SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA) SQL Injection Vulnerability
Published Jun 8, 2021 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA)
Patch now
CVE-2021-20028 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 18, 2022. Confirm SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- Critical9.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 30.08%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe sonicwall/sma 210 firmware · cpe sonicwall/sma 410 firmware · cpe sonicwall/sma 500v firmware · cpe sonicwall/sra 1600 firmware · cpe sonicwall/sra 4600 firmware · cpe sonicwall/sra va firmware
Improper neutralization of a SQL Command leading to SQL Injection vulnerability impacting end-of-life Secure Remote Access (SRA) products, specifically the SRA appliances running all 8.x firmware and 9.0.0.9-26sv or earlier
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- cpe sonicwall/sma 210 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe sonicwall/sma 410 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe sonicwall/sma 500v firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe sonicwall/sra 1600 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe sonicwall/sra 4600 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe sonicwall/sra va firmwareversion unspecified
- vendor SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA)version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2021-20028
Recommended remediation
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. CISA due date Apr 18, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2021-20028 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 18, 2022. Confirm SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-89: SQL Injection. EPSS 30.08%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 4, 2021 · Catalog
Detected
Improper neutralization of a SQL Command leading to SQL Injection vulnerability impacting end-of-life Secure Remote Access (SRA) products, specifically the SRA appliances running all 8.x firmware and 9.0.0.9-26sv or earlier
Mar 28, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Apr 18, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Improper neutralization of a SQL Command leading to SQL Injection vulnerability impacting end-of-life Secure Remote Access (SRA) products, specifically the SRA appliances running all 8.x firmware and 9.0.0.9-26sv or earlier
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-20028
SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA) products contain an improper neutralization of a SQL Command leading to SQL injection.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-20028
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-20028
30-day exploitation probability 30.1%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-20028
Improper neutralization of a SQL Command leading to SQL Injection vulnerability impacting end-of-life Secure Remote Access (SRA) products, specifically the SRA appliances running all 8.x firmware and 9.0.0.9-26sv or earlier
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-20028
SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA) products contain an improper neutralization of a SQL Command leading to SQL injection.
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.compass-security.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- Vendor Advisory · psirt.global.sonicwall.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · static.tenable.com
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · crowdstrike.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · group-ib.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · theregister.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.