PT-2012-5510 · Websense · Websense Web Security

Published

2012-08-23

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Updated

2012-08-23

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CVE-2012-4604

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Websense Web Security versions prior to 7.6 Hotfix 24
Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read arbitrary reports by crafting specific fields in a cookie, including the uid field and the userRoles field, as demonstrated by a request to "explorer wse/favorites.exe".
Recommendations For Websense Web Security versions prior to 7.6 Hotfix 24, apply Hotfix 24 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4604

Affected Products

Websense Web Security