CVE-2020-7293

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CVSS 3.1

9.0 critical

EPSS

<1%p49

Published

Sep 15, 2020 (Sep 15, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user with low permissions to change the system's root password via improper access controls in the user interface.

Vendors: mcafee
Products: web gateway
Weakness: CWE-287
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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