# CVE-2019-12753: Information disclosure in Symantec Reporter

> Authenticated administrators can access unauthorized credentials for external servers and other users in Symantec Reporter.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r7hm-hcwh-59vh

## What is CVE-2019-12753?

CVE-2019-12753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Reporter, published on 29 Aug 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability in Symantec Reporter web UI 10.3 prior to 10.3.2.5 allows a malicious authenticated administrator user to obtain passwords for external SMTP, FTP, FTPS, LDAP, and Cloud Log Download servers that they might not otherwise be authorized to access. The malicious administrator user can also obtain the passwords of other Reporter web UI users.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12753?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Reporter.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-12753?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12753 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-12753 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12753 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Reporter

- [CVE-2017-15531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15531/): Auth bypass in Reporter (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-12237](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12237/): Command injection in Symantec Reporter (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-12753 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-12753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Reporter, published on 29 Aug 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12753 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Reporter. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12753/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12753/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12753
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12753
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12753

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12753/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.