CVE-2020-7293 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) versions prior to 9.2.1. An authenticated user with low privileges can exploit improper access controls in the user interface to change the system's root password. With a CVSS score of 9.0 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network-adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.8.0, < 7.8.2.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.2.0, < 8.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0, < 9.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.3 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 2.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.9 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.