CVE-2013-1616

Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The management console on the Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliance before 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting a command into an application script.

Affected products

Symantec Web Gateway: through 5.1; 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.3.18
Symantec Web Gateway Appliance 8450: all versions
Symantec Web Gateway Appliance 8490: all versions

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122556/Symantec-Web-Gateway-XSS-CSRF-SQL-Injection-Command-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61106
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20130725_00
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130726-0_Symantec_Web_Gateway_Multiple_Vulnerabilities_v10.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122556/Symantec-Web-Gateway-XSS-CSRF-SQL-Injection-Command-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61106
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20130725_00
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130726-0_Symantec_Web_Gateway_Multiple_Vulnerabilities_v10.txt

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