CVE-2014-1651
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSQL injection vulnerability in clientreport.php in the management console in Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in clientreport.php in the management console of Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. The vulnerability exists in versions prior to 5.2 and can be exploited without authentication given the CVSS vector suggests network-level access.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 5.1.1= 5.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Symantec Web Gateway is installedCheck for SWG processes running on the system, or look for SWG installation directories in standard locations such as /opt/symantec or C:\Program Files\Symantec. Alternatively, check if the management console port (typically 443) is listening.Affected if Symantec Web Gateway software is present on the system
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Identify the installed version of Symantec Web GatewayAccess the management console login page and check for a version identifier in the UI footer, or use the command line if available to query the installed package version.Affected if The displayed version is 5.1, 5.1.1, or any version lower than 5.2
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Verify the management console is accessibleAttempt to reach the clientreport.php file via HTTP/HTTPS at the path /swg_clientreport.php or /clientreport.php on the management console server.Affected if The management console and the clientreport.php endpoint are reachable over the network
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Confirm the version falls within the affected rangeCompare your identified version against the affected ranges: versions 5.1 and 5.1.1, or any version <= 5.1.1.Affected if The installed version is 5.1, 5.1.1, or any version prior to 5.2
If Symantec Web Gateway is running and its version is 5.1, 5.1.1, or any version prior to 5.2 with the management console accessible, the environment is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Symantec Web Gateway to version 5.2 or later to remediate this SQL injection vulnerability.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-1651 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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