CVE-2021-23885

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) UI

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) versiones anteriores a 9.2.8, permite a un usuario autenticado alcanzar privilegios elevados por medio de la interfaz de usuario y ejecutar comandos en el dispositivo por medio de la neutralización inapropiada e incorrecta de la entrada del usuario en la página de solución de problemas

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-12 CVE Reserved
2021-02-17 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (1)

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

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Web Gateway Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Web Gateway"				< 8.2.17 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Web Gateway" and version " < 8.2.17"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Web Gateway Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Web Gateway"				>= 9.2 < 9.2.8 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Web Gateway" and version " >= 9.2 < 9.2.8"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Web Gateway Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Web Gateway"				>= 10.0 < 10.0.4 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Web Gateway" and version " >= 10.0 < 10.0.4"		-		Affected