PT-2018-17088 · Sonicwall · Sonicwall Global Management System

Benjamin Kunz Mejri · Published 2018-01-14 · Updated 2019-03-04 · CVE-2018-5691

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) version 8.1

Description: The issue concerns an XSS vulnerability. It is exploited via the newName and Name values of the "/sgms/TreeControl" module.

Recommendations: For SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) version 8.1, consider restricting access to the /sgms/TreeControl module until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the newName and Name values in the affected module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5691

Affected Products

Sonicwall Global Management System

References · 5

• 🔥 https://vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1819 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5691 · Security Note
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5691 · Vendor Advisory
• http://documents.software.dell.com/sonicwall-gms-os/8.2/release-notes/known-issues?ParentProduct=867 · Note