CVE-2011-0551

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Web Interface in the Endpoint Protection Manager in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0.600x through 11.0.6300 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create administrative accounts.

Published: 2011-08-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-0551 is rated Moderate Risk (43.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-0551

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.21% 0.26% +0.05%
2 2025-03-29 0.26% 0.21% -0.05%
3 2025-03-17 0.26%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-0551

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-0551

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-0551

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec endpoint_protection 11.0.6000 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection 11.0.6100 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection 11.0.6200 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection 11.0.6200.754 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6200.754:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection 11.0.6300 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6300:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-0551

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