# CVE-2024-53704: SonicWall SSLVPN - Authentication Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-53704 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-53704

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.2
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** SonicWall Sonicos
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)
- **Tags:** sslvpn

## Description

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

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-53704](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53704) is an Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism that can allow remote attackers to bypass authentication controls.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 19th of February 2025.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-53704 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Exploitation attempts are identified by requests targeting URLs containing `/cgi-bin/sslvpnclient?launchplatform=`.

## Timeline

- 2025-01-09: CVE Published. CVE-2024-53704 is published to NVD.
- 2025-02-18: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-53704 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-02-19: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-53704 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-03-01: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-53704 for the first time.
- 2025-03-11: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).

## References

- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-53704.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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