CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4604

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 23, 2012 | Modified: Aug 23, 2012
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The TRITON management console in Websense Web Security before 7.6 Hotfix 24 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read arbitrary reports via a crafted uid field, in conjunction with a crafted userRoles field, in a cookie, as demonstrated by a request to explorer_wse/favorites.exe.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Websense_web_security Websense * 7.6 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 6.3.0 (including) 6.3.0 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 6.3.1 (including) 6.3.1 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 6.3.2 (including) 6.3.2 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 6.3.3 (including) 6.3.3 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 7.1 (including) 7.1 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 7.1.1 (including) 7.1.1 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 7.5 (including) 7.5 (including)
Websense_web_security Websense 7.5.1 (including) 7.5.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References