CVE-2021-4038
lowpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–4.8
weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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- mcafee network security manager< 10.1.7.48nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10375cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4038cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/McAfee-Network-Security-Manager-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-Custom-Rules-37048cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.4195cnnvd
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10375enisa_euvd
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10375Broken Linknvd
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