5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-6681
McAfee NSM Cross-Site Scripting
Description

Abuse of Functionality vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) 9.1.7.11 and earlier allows authenticated users to allow arbitrary HTML code to be reflected in the response web page via appliance web interface.

INFO

Published Date :

July 17, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6681 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee network_security_manager
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-6681.

URL Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10244

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-6681 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6681 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Trellix https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10244 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference McAfee (DEFUNCT) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10244
    Removed CVSS V3 McAfee (DEFUNCT) AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3 Trellix AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source McAfee (DEFUNCT) Trellix
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 McAfee AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10244 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10244 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.1.7.11
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10244 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10244 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6681 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-6681 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.19869

percentile

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