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CVE-2008-4515

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Blue Coat K9 Web Protection 4.0.230 Beta relies on client-side JavaScript as a protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the (1) summary, (2) detail, (3) overrides, and (4) pwemail pages by disabling JavaScript.

Affected products

• Blue Coat Systems K9 Web Protection: 4.0.230-beta

References

• http://dicas3000.blogspot.com/2008/10/blue-coat-k9-web-protection-v40230-beta.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Oct/0070.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31584
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45696
• http://dicas3000.blogspot.com/2008/10/blue-coat-k9-web-protection-v40230-beta.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Oct/0070.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31584
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45696

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