Symantec Privileged Access Manager Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability
Priority LOW 30CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the PAM UI web interface. A remote attacker able to convince a PAM user to click on a specially crafted link to the PAM UI web interface could potentially execute arbitrary client-side code in the context of PAM UI.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00302 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38493
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jm8h-r9wg-2qjw
References
More Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09213 A malicious unauthorized PAM user can access the administration configuration data and change the values. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-38493 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-38493 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jm8h-r9wg-2qjw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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