What is CVE-2019-9701?

CVE-2019-9701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Data Loss Prevention, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-9701?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Symantec Data Loss Prevention

CVE-2019-9701

DLP 15.5 MP1 and all prior versions may be susceptible to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, 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 bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-06-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec Data Loss Prevention — versions 14.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.2
Data Loss Prevention — versions Prior to and including DLP 15.5 MP1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1484.html (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/153512/Symantec-DLP-15.5-MP1-Cross-Site-Scripting…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9701?: CVE-2019-9701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Data Loss Prevention, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-9701?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.