CVE-2013-1616

Exp

The management console on the Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliance before 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting a command into an application script.

Published: 2013-08-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1616 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.66%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1616

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27136 exploit_db edb 2013-07-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1616

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 2026-03-03 19.28% 15.66% -3.62%
2 2025-03-30 26.51% 19.28% -7.23%
3 2025-03-29 — 26.51% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1616

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
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.
 6.5 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec web_gateway <= 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway 5.0.3.18 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway_appliance_8450 — cpe:2.3:h:symantec:web_gateway_appliance_8450:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway_appliance_8490 — cpe:2.3:h:symantec:web_gateway_appliance_8490:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1616

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