DLP ePO extension - Improper Authorization

published 2020-08-12 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28427

cvss: 4.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Authorization vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension prior to 11.5.3 allows authenticated remote attackers to change the configuration when logged in with view only privileges via carefully constructed HTTP post messages.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee DLP ePO extension 11.3.28, 11.4.200, 11.5.3

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Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

McAfee DLP ePO extension

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10326

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7300
NVD CVE-2020-7300

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