CVE Vulnerability

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.

9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10349 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-02-17 10:15

Updated : 2022-04-26 03:59

NVD link : CVE-2021-23885

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23885

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other