CVE-2020-7296 (GCVE-0-2020-7296)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-15 23:10
Modified
2024-08-04 09:25
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to access protected configuration files via improper access control in the user interface.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) Version: unspecified   < 9.2.1
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