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Symantec Web Gateway search.php SQL Injection (SYM12-011)

high Nessus Plugin ID 61436

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Synopsis

A web security application hosted on the remote web server is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability.

Description

The remote web server is hosting a version of Symantec Web Gateway that is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability. The vulnerability is in includes/dbutils.php, and is exploitable via search.php. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary database queries.

Note that this install is likely affected by several other issues, although this plugin has not checked for them.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Web Gateway version 5.0.3.18 and apply database upgrade 5.0.0.438.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2012-16

http://www.nessus.org/u?dc337806

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61436

File Name: symantec_web_gateway_search_sqli.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/6/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:web_gateway

Required KB Items: www/symantec_web_gateway

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2012

Exploitable With

Elliot (Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.3 SQLi)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2961

BID: 54425