# CVE-2019-18376: Cross-site request forgery in Symantec Management Center (MC)

> Remote attackers can steal CSRF tokens from browser history or network traffic to perform unauthorized actions in Symantec Management Center.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vf35-57rw-pc4w

## What is CVE-2019-18376?

CVE-2019-18376 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Management Center (MC), published on 9 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A CSRF token disclosure vulnerability allows a remote attacker, with access to an authenticated Management Center (MC) user's web browser history or a network device that intercepts/logs traffic to MC, to obtain CSRF tokens and use them to perform CSRF attacks against MC.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18376?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Management Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-18376?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18376 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-18376 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18376 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Management Center (MC)

- [CVE-2019-9697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9697/): Information disclosure in Management Center (MC) (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-18376 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-18376 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Management Center (MC), published on 9 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18376 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Management Center (MC). 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-2019-18376/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18376/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18376
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18376
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18376

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18376/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.