Is CVE-2021-23896 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-23896 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-23896?

CVE-2021-23896 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.2 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-23896?

CVE-2021-23896 has an EPSS score of 0.20% (11th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-23896?

Upgrade database security to 4.8.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-23896

LOW

3.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the administrator interface of McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows an administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Insights Server used to pass data to the Insights Server. This user is restricted to only have access to DBSec data in the Insights Server.

CWE-319

How to fix

Remediation Available

database securityNVD

Affected:< 4.8.2Fixed in:4.8.2CVE-2021-23896derived 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

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

11thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 11% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-319 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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.