CVE-2018-12241 (GCVE-0-2018-12241)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-27 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:30
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Summary
The Symantec Security Analytics (SA) 7.x prior to 7.3.4 Web UI is susceptible to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A remote attacker with knowledge of the SA web UI hostname or IP address can craft a malicious URL for the SA web UI and target SA web UI users with phishing attacks or other social engineering techniques. A successful attack allows injecting malicious JavaScript code into the SA web UI client application.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Cross-site scripting
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Symantec Corporation Symantec Security Analytics (SA) Affected: SA 7.x prior to 7.3.4
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Date Public
2018-11-27 00:00
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