Symantec Web Gateway forget.php Blind SQL Injection (SYM11-008)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5991

Synopsis

The web security application running on the remote host has a SQL injection vulnerability.

Description

Versions of Symantec Web Gateway 4.5.x are potentially affected by a SQL injection vulnerability. Input to the 'username' parameter of the 'forget.php' script is not properly sanitized. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary SQL queries.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Web Gateway version 5.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 5991

Family: CGI

Published: 7/20/2011

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 55629

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:web_security

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0549

BID: 48318

Detections

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