CVE-2021-23884 | BDVDB-2026-152189 Detail

McAfeeMcAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR)

Description#

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact none, availability impact none. Attack vector: adjacent.

Weaknesses#

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References#

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10353

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12021-04-15Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-03Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2021-04-15
Last modified: 2024-08-03

Vendor information

Vendor: McAfee
Product: McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR)

All McAfee vulnerabilities

Score

4.3 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 12.8.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 2.8.0CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Fixed
2.8.0CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

4.3 Medium

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Adjacent
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	None
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).