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TI-2021-06243 Aliases CVE-2021-23889GHSA-2v7g-2cpw-m7rv

McAfee ePO Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 10 allows ePO administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple parameters where the administrator's entries were not correctly sanitized.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00506 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) (McAfee,LLC): 5.10 CU 10

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
McAfeeMcAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)before 5.10 CU 105.10 CU 10Patch availableCNA
  • McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) VendorMcAfee Affected before 5.10 CU 10 Fixed in 5.10 CU 10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 11

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.10.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_1VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_2VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_3VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_4VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_5VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_6VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_7VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_8VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.10.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_2 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_3 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_4 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_5 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_6 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_7 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_8 Vulnerable ·McAfee
Show 1 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_9VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_9 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) (McAfee,LLC) Fixed in 5.10 CU 10

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.10 CU 10

    3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2021-06244 McAfee ePO Information Leak vulnerabilityPriority LOW 31
    • TI-2021-06242 McAfee ePO unvalidated URL redirect vulnerabilityPriority LOW 29
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23889
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2v7g-2cpw-m7rv

References

Other 1

  • TI-2020-10912 Infinite loop in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-04972 Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2021-06204 Integer overflow in CipherUpdate CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-12641 Incorrect Transfer-Encoding handling with HTTP/1.0 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-07593 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2021-02646 Read buffer overruns processing ASN.1 strings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
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Sources

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