CVE-2011-0545

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in adduser.do in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) before 2.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new administrative accounts, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via the userRole parameter.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.51% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43820 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66213 vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/71261 vdb entry
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2011-001.txt exploit
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110321_00
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17026 exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8160 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0727 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025242 vdb entry exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517109/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0545?
CVE-2011-0545 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0545?
To fix CVE-2011-0545, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-0545 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-0545 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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