CVE-2021-31835 McAfee ePO Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts into McAfee ePO, potentially compromising the management console and user 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-2021-31835?
CVE-2021-31835 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 22 Oct 2021. 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 vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 11 allows ePO administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a specific parameter where the administrator's entries were not correctly sanitized.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-31835?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator.
How do I fix CVE-2021-31835?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-31835 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-2021-31835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-31835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvx2-3pfh-24vj.