CVE-2021-23889: McAfee ePO Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 10 allows ePO administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple parameters where the administrator's entries were not correctly sanitized.

Affected products

McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO): before 5.10.0; 5.10.0, 5.10.0-update_1, 5.10.0-update_2, 5.10.0-update_3, 5.10.0-update_4, 5.10.0-update_5 (+4) — fixed in 5.10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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