CVE-2021-23885

CRITICAL

McAfee Web Gateway < 8.2.17 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Troubleshooting Page

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.8 allows an authenticated user to gain elevated privileges through the User Interface and execute commands on the appliance via incorrect improper neutralization of user input in the troubleshooting page.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.0
EPSS 0.0093
EPSS Percentile 76.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/web_gateway < 8.2.17
Published Feb 17, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026