Link Following in SonicWall NetExtender Windows Client
CVE-2025-23010 Published on April 10, 2025

An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) client which allows an attacker to manipulate file paths.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-23010 is exploitable with physical access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an insecure temporary file Vulnerability?

The software attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

CVE-2025-23010 has been classified to as an insecure temporary file vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-23010

Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for SonicWall Netextender? stack.watch will email you.

SonicWall Netextender
 

Affected Versions

SonicWall NetExtender Version 10.3.1 and earlier versions is affected by CVE-2025-23010

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.05%
Percentile
16.61%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.