Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in management scripts in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before…

published 2016-06-30 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4678

cvss: 8.0; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in management scripts in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU6 MP5 allow remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.

Timeline

2016-06-29 First public exploit (EDB-40041)
2016-06-30 Published

Exploit prediction

1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-40041 Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2016-06-29

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/40041/
exploit
symantec.com /security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160628
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1036196
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /bid/91442
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-3653
NVD CVE-2016-3653

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Summary