Auth bypass in Mcafee Web Gateway (Mwg)

CVE-2020-7294

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-7294: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7294?
CVE-2020-7294 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Web Gateway (Mwg), classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2020-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-7294?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.