Critical SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaw Targeted in 135 Exploitation Attempts After Patch

Threat actors have started exploiting a critical security flaw in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access 1000 appliances shortly after its public disclosure. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to direct the appliance to issue requests on their behalf. This flaw is a case of pre-authenticated server-side request forgery. There have been 135 known exploitation attempts so far. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a high level of severity.