MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-2746

Triton vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
25.4%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The network diagnostics tool (CommandLineServlet) in the Appliance Manager command line utility (CLU) in Websense TRITON 7.8.3 and V-Series appliances before 7.8.4 Hotfix 02 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "second" parameter of a command, as demonstrated by the Destination parameter in the ping command.
Affected vendor
Websense
Affected product
Triton
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2015-03-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 25.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-2746

  • Confirm whether Websense Triton is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-2746.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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