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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: Feb 17, 2021
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-23885
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
mcafee / web_gateway 10.0 10.0.4
mcafee / web_gateway 9.2 9.2.8
mcafee / web_gateway - 8.2.17