Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authe…

published 2012-08-29 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0344

cvss: 6.8; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.

Timeline

2012-08-29 Published
2012-12-03 First public exploit (EDB-23109)

Exploit prediction

1.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-23109 Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5.3-3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery webapps, 2012-12-03

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

symantec.com /security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=2012
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/55137
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2012-0308
NVD CVE-2012-0308

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Summary