CVE-2021-23896 is a cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability affecting McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to version 4.8.2. An authenticated administrator can view the unencrypted password for the McAfee Insights Server within the DBSec administrator interface. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.5 (Medium), indicating an adjacent attack vector with high confidentiality impact, but requires high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:database_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.