CVE-2020-7292 is a vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway
Published on July 15, 2020
Web Gateway (MWG) - Inappropriate Encoding for output context
Inappropriate Encoding for output context vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows a remote attacker to cause MWG to return an ambiguous redirect response via getting a user to click on a malicious URL.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-7292 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context
The software uses or specifies an encoding when generating output to a downstream component, but the specified encoding is not the same as the encoding that is expected by the downstream component.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-7292
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Affected Versions
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG):- Version unspecified and below 9.2.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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