HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-1617

Web Gateway vulnerability

CVSS
7.4
EPSS
7.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the management console on the Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliance before 5.1.1 allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Symantec
Affected product
Web Gateway
CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-08-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-1617

  • Confirm whether Symantec Web Gateway is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-1617.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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