CVE-2009-3457

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Cisco ACE XML Gateway (AXG) and ACE Web Application Firewall (WAF) before 6.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an HTTP request that lacks a handler, as demonstrated by (1) an OPTIONS request or (2) a crafted GET request, leading to a Message-handling Errors message containing a certain client intranet IP address, aka Bug ID CSCtb82159.

Affected products

Cisco Ace Web Application Firewall: through 6.0\(3\); 6.0(0), 6.0(1), 6.0(2)
Cisco Ace Xml Gateway: through 6.0\(3\); 6.0(0), 6.0(1), 6.0(2)

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Sep/0369.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36879
http://www.brainoverflow.org/advisories/cisco_ace_xml_gw_ip_disclosure.txt
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080af8965.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506716/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36522
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022949
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2778
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53482
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Sep/0369.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36879
http://www.brainoverflow.org/advisories/cisco_ace_xml_gw_ip_disclosure.txt

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