Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-38493

Description

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.

Affected products

Broadcom Corporation/Symantec Privileged Access Management2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_privileged_access_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_privileged_access_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.1.0,<=4.1.7
- (no CPE)range: 4.1.0 - 4.1.7
Broadcom Corporation/PAM UIllm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24678nvdPermissions Required

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Severity

MediumCVSS v3.1

6.1/ 10

CVSS v46.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.30%

VYPR risk score

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.40medium

cvss	0.397
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVE ID

CVE-2024-38493

Credits

AA
Abdel Adim `smaury` Oisfi of Shielder (https://www.shielder.com) - [email protected]
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PC
Paolo Cavaglià of Shielder (https://www.shielder.com) - [email protected]
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