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TI-2011-00471 Aliases CVE-2011-0545GHSA-3q8f-9qwv-4cxw

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in adduser.do in Symantec LiveUpdate…

Priority LOW 35CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02937 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:liveupdate_administrator:2.2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.2.9VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:liveupdate_administrator:2.2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.2.9 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-0545
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3q8f-9qwv-4cxw

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2014-01277 The forgotten-password feature in forcepasswd.do in the management GUI in Symantec… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-01278 SQL injection vulnerability in forcepasswd.do in the management GUI in Symantec… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2012-00291 Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator before 2.3.1 uses weak permissions (Everyone: Full… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2011-01343 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the management login GUI page in Symantec… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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