CVE-2021-23885

Published: Feb 17, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.0

CRITICAL

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Web Gateway (MWG)	affected `unspecified - < 9.2.8`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10349

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CVE-2021-23885

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References