CVE-2021-4038 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) prior to 10.1 Minor 7 allows a remote authenticated administrator to embed a XSS in the administrator interface via specially crafted custom rules containing HTML. NSM did not correctly sanitize custom rule content in all scenarios.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0014.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Network Security Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-33938	Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) prior to 10.1 Minor 7 allows a remote authenticated administrator to embed a XSS in the administrator interface via specially crafted custom rules containing HTML. NSM did not correctly sanitize custom rule content in all scenarios.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10375

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00212}`	epss `{'score': 0.0014}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-12-09T15:55:17

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:16:03.446Z

Reserved: 2021-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-4038

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-09T16:15:08.610

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:36:46.503

Link: CVE-2021-4038

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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