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CVE-2018-5281 (GCVE-0-2018-5281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-08 09:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:33
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Summary
SonicWall SonicOS on Network Security Appliance (NSA) 2017 Q4 devices has XSS via the CFS Custom Category and Cloud AV DB Exclusion Settings screens.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-01-08 00:00
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