CVE-2021-4038

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) prior to 10.1 Minor 7 allows a remote authenticated administrator to embed a XSS in the administrator interface via specially crafted custom rules containing HTML. NSM did not correctly sanitize custom rule content in all scenarios.

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

3.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10375	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-12-09 16:15

Updated : 2023-11-16 03:06

NVD link : CVE-2021-4038

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4038

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4038

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Products Affected

mcafee

network_security_manager

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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