CVE-2021-31830: McAfee Database Security

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows an administrator to embed JavaScript code when configuring the name of a database to be monitored. This would be triggered when any authorized user logs into the DBSec interface and opens the properties configuration page for this database.

Affected products

• McAfee Database Security: before 4.8.2 (fixed in 4.8.2)

Published 2021-06-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.