CVE-2019-3602 Cross site scripting vulnerability in McAfee NSM impacting authenticated users
An authenticated administrator can inject malicious scripts into the McAfee NSM interface via custom rules, potentially compromising other admin sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-3602?
CVE-2019-3602 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in McAfee, LLC McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM), published on 15 May 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) Prior to 9.1 Update 5 allows an authenticated administrator to embed an XSS in the administrator interface via a specially crafted custom rule containing HTML.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3602?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Network Security Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2019-3602?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3602 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2019-3602 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3602 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee, LLC McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM)
- CVE-2017-3965 SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (aka Session Riding) vulnerability
- CVE-2017-3972 SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Infrastructure-based foot printing vulnerability
- CVE-2017-3969 SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Abuse of communication channels vulnerability
- CVE-2017-3971 SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Cryptanalysis vulnerability
- CVE-2019-3606 Data leakage when in an MDR pair by McAfee Network Security Manager 9.x
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hwvp-jq48-4j48.