Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) UI
CVE-2021-23885

9CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee,llc

Status
Mcafee Web Gateway (mwg)
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 February 2021

What is 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.

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Affected Version(s)

McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) < 9.2.8

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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