CVE-2012-0297

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-05-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0297 is rated High Exploit Risk (91/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 89.46%, 100th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-0297

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19406 exploit_db edb 2012-06-27 Exploit-DB ↗
19065 exploit_db edb 2012-06-12 Exploit-DB ↗
18942 exploit_db edb 2012-05-28 Exploit-DB ↗
18932 exploit_db edb 2012-05-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0297

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 88.25% 89.46% +1.21%
2 2025-03-29 89.46% 88.25% -1.21%
3 2025-03-28 — 89.46% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0297

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0297

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0297

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec web_gateway 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0297

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