CVE-2019-3602
Cross site scripting vulnerability in McAfee NSM impacting authenticated users
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) Prior to 9.1 Update 5 allows an authenticated administrator to embed an XSS in the administrator interface via a specially crafted custom rule containing HTML.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cross site scripting vulnerability in McAfee NSM impacting authenticated users
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) Prior to 9.1 Update 5 allows an authenticated administrator to embed an XSS in the administrator interface via a specially crafted custom rule containing HTML.
- Record
CVE-2019-3602- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-13237
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) Prior to 9.1 Update 5 allows an authenticated administrator to embed an XSS in the administrator interface via a specially crafted custom rule containing HTML.
- Record
EUVD-2019-13237- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hwvp-jq48-4j48
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) Prior to 9.1...
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) Prior to 9.1 Update 5 allows an authenticated administrator to embed an XSS in the administrator interface via a specially crafted custom rule containing HTML.
- Record
GHSA-hwvp-jq48-4j48- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) Prior to 9.1 Update 5 allows an authenticated administrator to embed an XSS in the administrator interface via a specially crafted custom rule containing HTML.
- Record
CVE-2019-3602- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-3602 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Mcafee Network Security Manager, published May 15, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.