HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-5102

Websense Web Filter vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The Investigative Reports web interface in the TRITON management console in Websense Web Security 7.1 before Hotfix 109, 7.1.1 before Hotfix 06, 7.5 before Hotfix 78, 7.5.1 before Hotfix 12, 7.6 before Hotfix 24, and 7.6.2 before Hotfix 12; Web Filter; Web Security Gateway; and Web Security Gateway Anywhere allows remote attackers to execute commands via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Websense
Affected product
Websense Web Filter
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2012-08-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-5102

  • Confirm whether Websense Websense Web Filter is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-5102.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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