CVE-2018-5691
SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the `newName` and `Name` values of the `...
SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the newName and Name values of the /sgms/TreeControl module.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the newName and Name values of the /sgms/TreeControl module.
- Record
CVE-2018-5691- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the newName and Name values of the /sgms/TreeControl module.
- Record
CVE-2018-5691- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17460 No score
SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the newName and Name values of the /sgms/TreeControl module.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17460- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-58rp-652w-3cjw
SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the `newName` and `Name` values of the `...
SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 8.1 has XSS via the newName and Name values of the /sgms/TreeControl module.
- Record
GHSA-58rp-652w-3cjw- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-5691 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Sonicwall Global Management System, published January 14, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.