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medium 4.3

CVE-2011-1524 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the management login GUI page in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) before 2.3 allows remo…

published 2011-03-28 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1525

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the management login GUI page in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) before 2.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username field, as demonstrated by injecting an IFRAME element into the event log, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0545.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-17026)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-17026 Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator Management GUI - HTML Injection webapps, 2011-03-23
  • sotiriu.de http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2011-001.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46856 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1025242 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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