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)

Published 2019-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

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

support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1477.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107692 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

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.