CVE-2012-2212 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass access controls in McAfee Web Gateway by manipulating the Host HTTP header, potentially accessing restricted resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2212?
CVE-2012-2212 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Apr 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
McAfee Web Gateway 7.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the access configuration for the CONNECT method by providing an arbitrary allowed hostname in the Host HTTP header. NOTE: this issue might not be reproducible, because the researcher did not provide configuration details for the vulnerable system, and the observed behavior might be consistent with a configuration that was (perhaps inadvertently) designed to allow access based on Host HTTP headers
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2212?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Web Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2212?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2212 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-2212 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2212 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2021-23885 Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) UI
- CVE-2020-7293 Web Gateway (MWG) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2019-3638 Web Gateway (MWG) - Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability
- CVE-2019-3639 MWG UI: Cross-Frame Scripting vulnerability
- CVE-2022-1254 SWG URL redirection vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5cr-23pc-hg72.