# CVE-2011-0545: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in adduser.do in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) before 2.3 allows remote attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2011-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in adduser.do in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) before 2.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new administrative accounts, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via the userRole parameter.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/43820
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66213
- http://www.osvdb.org/71261
- http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2011-001.txt
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110321_00
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17026
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8160
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0727
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517109/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17026

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