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)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Sonicwall Analyzer
Sonicwall Global_management_system
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.