CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-23885

8.8 HIGH Published 2021-02-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-02-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mcafee web gateway (< 8.2.17) • mcafee web gateway (>= 9.2 < 9.2.8) • mcafee web gateway (>= 10.0 < 10.0.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References