XSS in Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway
CVE-2016-10257
The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6, ASG 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1), ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), ProxySG 6.6, and ProxySG 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console is susceptible to a reflected XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker can use a crafted management console URL in a phishing attack to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the management console web client application. This is a separate vulnerability from CVE-2016-10256.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.015 (71.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Broadcom Advanced_secure_gateway — versions 6.6
- Broadcom Symantec_proxysg — versions 6.6
- Symantec Corporation Asg — versions 6.7 prior to 6.7.2.1, 6.6
- Symantec Corporation Proxysg — versions 6.7 prior to 6.7.2.1, 6.6, 6.5 prior to 6.5.10.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@symantec.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secure@symantec.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- secure@symantec.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10257?
- CVE-2016-10257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-10.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10257?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.