PT-2021-4989 · Mcafee · Mcafee Policy Auditor

CVE-2021-31852 · Published 2021-11-22 · Updated 2023-11-21

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Policy Auditor versions prior to 6.5.2

Description The issue is related to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the web interface of McAfee Policy Auditor. This vulnerability 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 extraction of end-user session tokens or login credentials. These may be used to access additional security-critical applications or conduct arbitrary cross-domain requests.

Recommendations For McAfee Policy Auditor versions prior to 6.5.2, update to version 6.5.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vulnerable web interface until a patch is applied. Avoid using the UID parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-05752

CVE-2021-31852

Affected Products

Mcafee Policy Auditor

References · 9

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-05752 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31852 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31852 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10372 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/32884 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/23940 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/23691 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/61003 · Telegram Post