CVE-2021-4038 is a vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager
Published on December 9, 2021
NSM vulnerable to XSS
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) prior to 10.1 Minor 7 allows a remote authenticated administrator to embed a XSS in the administrator interface via specially crafted custom rules containing HTML. NSM did not correctly sanitize custom rule content in all scenarios.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-4038 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a XSS Vulnerability?
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CVE-2021-4038 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-4038
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM):- Version unspecified and below 10.7 M7 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.