Medium severity · published Dec 9, 2021
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…
4.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NS
Network Security Manager · Mcafee
before 10.1.7.48 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4038
Broken Link
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10375
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