What is CVE-2018-5691?

CVE-2018-5691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SonicWall Analyzer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-5691?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in SonicWall Analyzer

CVE-2018-5691

SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the `newName` and `Name` values of the `/sgms/TreeControl` module.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
documents.software.dell.com/sonicwall-gms-os/8.2/release-notes/known-issues (Broken Link)
psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0003 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5691?: CVE-2018-5691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SonicWall Analyzer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-5691?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.