# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hwvp-jq48-4j48

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3602?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3965/): SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (aka Session Riding) vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-3972](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3972/): SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Infrastructure-based foot printing vulnerability (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2017-3969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3969/): SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Abuse of communication channels vulnerability (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2017-3971](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3971/): SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Cryptanalysis vulnerability (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2019-3606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3606/): Data leakage when in an MDR pair by McAfee Network Security Manager 9.x (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3602 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: McAfee, LLC McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3602/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3602/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3602
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3602
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3602

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