CVE-2012-0297

critical
Published 2012-05-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120517_00

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecweb_gateway5.0
symantecweb_gateway5.0.1
symantecweb_gateway5.0.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.