McAfee Email Gateway Digest Token Reflected XSS (SB10099)

low Nessus Plugin ID 82529

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The remote host has a version of McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) installed that is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input to unspecified tokens in digest messages. A remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary web script or HTML in a user's browser session.

Solution

Apply the relevant hotfix referenced in the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 82529

File Name: mcafee_email_gateway_SB10099.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/2/2015

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:email_gateway

Required KB Items: Host/McAfeeSMG/name, Host/McAfeeSMG/version, Host/McAfeeSMG/patches

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1619

BID: 73420

MCAFEE-SB: SB10099

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