CVE-2008-7312

The Filtering Service in Websense Enterprise 5.2 through 6.3 does not consider the IP address during URL categorization, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass filtering via an HTTP request, as demonstrated by a request to a compromised server associated with a specific IP address.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2012-08-23

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Enterprise (Websense)

References

• http://www.websense.com/support/article/t-kbarticle/Why-doesn-t-my-Websense-installation-categorize-URLs-and-Permit-Blo…
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78299