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CVE-2021-23885

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.8 allows an authenticated user to gain elevated privileges through the User Interface and execute commands on the appliance via incorrect improper neutralization of user input in the troubleshooting page.

Published

2021-02-17T10:15:12.647

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:52:00.190

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.0 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-269
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mcafee web_gateway < 8.2.17 Yes
Application mcafee web_gateway < 9.2.8 Yes
Application mcafee web_gateway < 10.0.4 Yes
References