{"id":"CVE-2016-5236","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5236","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:19:49.465Z","title":"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.","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":"2019-07-01T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:49:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["f5/websafe alert server"],"epss":{"score":0.00624,"percentile":0.49661,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55922302","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55922302","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5236","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}