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CVE-2021-31851

MEDIUM
6.1CVSS
Published: 2021-11-23
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

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 profileNodeID request parameters. The malicious script is reflected unmodified into the Policy Auditor web-based interface which could lead to the extraction of end user session token or login credentials. These may be used to access additional security-critical applications or conduct arbitrary cross-domain requests.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
low
Integrity
low
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-79CWE-79

Metadata

Primary Vendor
MCAFEE
Published
11/23/2021
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

mcafee : policy_auditor

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