CVE-2013-1616 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the management console of Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliances prior to version 5.1.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting malicious input into application scripts. With a CVSS score of 8.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Although not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-27136), yet there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.