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CVE-2021-31852 (GCVE-0-2021-31852)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-23 19:16 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:10
VLAI
Title
Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Policy Auditor
Summary
A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in McAfee Policy Auditor prior to 6.5.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the UID request parameter. The malicious script is reflected unmodified into the Policy Auditor web-based interface which could lead to the extract of end user session token or login credentials. These may be used to access additional security-critical applications or conduct arbitrary cross-domain requests.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-Site Scripting’)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
McAfee,LLC McAfee Policy Auditor Affected: unspecified , < 6.5.2 (custom)
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