Is CVE-2021-23884 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-23884 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-23884?

CVE-2021-23884 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-23884?

CVE-2021-23884 has an EPSS score of 0.21% (12th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-23884?

Upgrade content security reporter to 2.8.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-23884

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the ePO Extension of McAfee Content Security Reporter (CSR) prior to 2.8.0 allows an ePO administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) or the password of the McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Server (MWGCS) read only user used to retrieve log files for analysis in CSR.

CWE-319

How to fix

Remediation Available

content security reporterNVD

Affected:< 2.8.0Fixed in:2.8.0CVE-2021-23884derived from NVD

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 VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-12710	High	8.0	77%	-	-
CVE-2024-25735	Critical	9.1	51%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3993	High	7.5	46%	-	-
CVE-2017-5259	High	8.8	39%	-	-
CVE-2016-5649	Critical	9.8	27%	-	-
CVE-2021-39341	High	8.2	23%	-	-

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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.