The Symantec Security Analytics (SA) 7.x prior to 7.3.4 Web UI is susceptible to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

published 2018-11-27 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-4219

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Symantec Security Analytics (SA) 7.x prior to 7.3.4 Web UI is susceptible to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A remote attacker with knowledge of the SA web UI hostname or IP address can craft a malicious URL for the SA web UI and target SA web UI users with phishing attacks or other social engineering techniques. A successful attack allows injecting malicious JavaScript code into the SA web UI client application.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

symantec security_analytics 7.3.4

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Symantec Corporation Symantec Security Analytics (SA)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

support.symantec.com /content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1466.html
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/105965
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-12241
NVD CVE-2018-12241

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