FKIE_CVE-2021-23884

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-15 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:38
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10353Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10353Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee content_security_reporter *
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          "product": "McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR)",
          "vendor": "McAfee,LLC",
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          ]
        }
      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de Transmisi\u00f3n de Texto Sin Cifrar de Informaci\u00f3n Confidencial en la Extensi\u00f3n ePO de McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR) anterior a versi\u00f3n 2.8.0, permite a un administrador de ePO visualizar la contrase\u00f1a no cifrada de McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) o la contrase\u00f1a del usuario de solo lectura de McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Server (MWGCS) usado para recuperar archivos de registro para su an\u00e1lisis en CSR"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:38:58.830",
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