cve-2021-23885
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-17 09:20
Modified
2024-08-03 19:14
Severity ?
9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10349
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10349
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee,LLC McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) Version: unspecified   < 9.2.8
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