What is CVE-2019-9696?

CVE-2019-9696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Vip Enterprise Gateway, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-9696?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Symantec Vip Enterprise Gateway

CVE-2019-9696

Symantec VIP Enterprise Gateway (all versions) may be susceptible to a cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit, which is a type of issue that can enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to potentially bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th 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

Symantec Vip Enterprise Gateway — versions All EG Versions
Symantec Vip_enterprise_gateway — versions 9.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secure@symantec.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secure@symantec.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9696?: CVE-2019-9696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Vip Enterprise Gateway, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-9696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.