CVE-2021-23884 (GCVE-0-2021-23884)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-15 07:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:14
VLAI
Title
Clear text exposure of password in McAfee CSR ePO extension
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR) |
Affected:
unspecified , < 2.8.0CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
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