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Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2021 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2021-23884Clear text exposure of password in McAfee CSR ePO extension

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR) from McAfee,LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the ePO Extension of McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR) prior to 2.8.0 allows an ePO administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) or the password of the McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Server (MWGCS) read only user used to retrieve log files for analysis in CSR.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR) unspecified – before 2.8.0CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Weakness: CWE-319 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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