CVE-2012-0297
The management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 does not properly restrict access to application scripts, which allows…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 73.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 6Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 does not properly restrict access to application scripts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1) injecting crafted data or (2) including crafted data.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.8 ipchange.php Command Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/symantec_web_gateway_execRank excellentdisclosed 17 May 2012
- Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.8 relfile File Inclusion Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/symantec_web_gateway_lfiRank excellentdisclosed 17 May 2012
Exploit-DB4 entries
- symantec Web gateway 5.0.2.8 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19406webapps, linuxpublished 27 Jun 2012Verified
- Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.8 - 'ipchange.php' Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19065webapps, phppublished 12 Jun 2012Verified
- Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.8 - Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18942remote, linuxpublished 28 May 2012Verified
- Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2 - Local/Remote File Inclusion / Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18932webapps, linuxpublished 26 May 2012Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 73.0% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 53444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120517_00 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- symantec-web-file-include(75731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-0333 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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