XSS in Mcafee Policy Auditor
CVE-2021-31852
A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in McAfee Policy Auditor prior to 6.5.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the UID request parameter. The malicious script is reflected unmodified into the Policy Auditor web-based interface which could lead to the extract of end user session token or login credentials. These may be used to access additional security-critical applications or conduct arbitrary cross-domain requests.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Policy Auditor
- Mcafee,llc Mcafee Policy Auditor — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-31852?
- CVE-2021-31852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Policy Auditor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-11-23.
- How severe is CVE-2021-31852?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.