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GHSA-66G2-W3XC-XQX7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:47 – Updated: 2023-11-16 03:30

Details

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)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2021-23884 (GCVE-0-2021-23884)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-15 07:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:14

Title

Clear text exposure of password in McAfee CSR ePO extension

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Assigner

trellix CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 3 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

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 (custom)

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