Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee WebAdvisor Chrome and Edge browser extensions up to 8.1.0.1895 allows a remote attacker to gain access to McAfee WebAdvisor settings and other details about the user’s system. This could lead to unexpected behaviors including; settings being changed, fingerprinting of the system leading to targeted scams, and not triggering the malicious software if McAfee software is detected.

Related CVEs

CVE-2022-0815

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-qvxp-wqpj-8gwf

Published

March 12, 2022 12:00 AM

Last Modified

March 19, 2022 12:01 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: November 25, 2025 6:29 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.