CVE-2016-5236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in F5 WebSafe Dashboard 3.9.5 and earlier, aka F5 WebSafe Alert Server, allow privileged authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML when creating a new user, account or signature.

Published: 2019-07-01

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:f5:websafe_alert_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6187	Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in F5 WebSafe Dashboard 3.9.5 and earlier, aka F5 WebSafe Alert Server, allow privileged authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML when creating a new user, account or signature.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00636.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55922302

History

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Subscriptions

F5 Websafe Alert Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-07-01T15:59:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.918Z

Reserved: 2016-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5236

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-01T16:15:11.527

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:49:01.523

Link: CVE-2016-5236

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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