CVE-2020-7292

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-7292?

Upgrade web gateway to 9.2.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-7292 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-7292 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.86% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-7292?

CVE-2020-7292 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-7292 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for web gateway (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Inappropriate Encoding for output context vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows a remote attacker to cause MWG to return an ambiguous redirect response via getting a user to click on a malicious URL.

CWE-838

How to fix

Remediation Available

web gatewayNVD

Affected:>= 9.0.0, < 9.2.1Fixed in:9.2.1CVE-2020-7292derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-838 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-6110	Medium	6.8	21%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-10996	High	8.1	1.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-18981	Critical	9.8	1.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-6512	Medium	6.5	1.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-3735	Medium	4.3	0.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-4052	Critical	9.8	0.6%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-7292?

Upgrade web gateway to 9.2.1 or later.

Is CVE-2020-7292 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-7292 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.86% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-7292?

CVE-2020-7292 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-7292 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for web gateway (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.