CVE-2012-0297: Symantec Web Gateway

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 does not properly restrict access to application scripts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1) injecting crafted data or (2) including crafted data.

Affected products

• Symantec Web Gateway: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.2 only

Published 2012-05-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.