CVE-2021-31851

Medium

Description

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 profileNodeID request parameters. The malicious script is reflected unmodified into the Policy Auditor web-based interface which could lead to the extraction of end user session token or login credentials. These may be used to access additional security-critical applications or conduct arbitrary cross-domain requests.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductMcafee Policy Auditor
PublishedNov 23, 2021
First seenNov 23, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • mcafee policy_auditor6.5.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mcafee policy_auditorv < 6.5.26.5.2

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