CVE-2020-7332
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in the firewall ePO extension of McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) prior to 10.7.0 November 2020 Update allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML code due to incorrect security configuration.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in the McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) firewall ePO extension allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary HTML code through forged requests due to incorrect security configuration.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 10.6.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed Endpoint Security versionOpen McAfee ePO console and navigate to the Systems tree, select the client system, and view the Product Versions in the System Information tab. Alternatively, on the client system, open McAfee Endpoint Security and view the About section to see the exact version number.Affected if The installed version is any version prior to 10.6.1 (for example, 10.5.x, 10.6.0)
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Verify firewall ePO extension is presentIn the McAfee ePO console, go to Menu > Server Settings > Extensions and locate the Endpoint Security Firewall extension. Confirm it is listed as installed and enabled.Affected if The Endpoint Security Firewall extension is installed and enabled in ePO
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Confirm firewall policy is assignedIn ePO, navigate to Policy Catalog and review the Endpoint Security Firewall policies. Check if any firewall policy is assigned to the systems you are assessing.Affected if A firewall policy from ePO is actively applied to managed systems
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Review ePO security configuration for CSRF protectionIn ePO console, go to Menu > Server Settings > Security (or Advanced Settings) and examine whether Cross-Site Request Forgery protection tokens are enabled for the Endpoint Security Firewall extension pages.Affected if CSRF protection is not enabled or is misconfigured for the firewall extension
You are affected if your installed Endpoint Security version is below 10.6.1 AND the firewall ePO extension is enabled with a policy applied, because the vulnerability exists in the firewall extension's security configuration in those versions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data10.6.1
Upgrade to McAfee Endpoint Security version 10.7.0 November 2020 Update or later to remediate the vulnerability.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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