CVE-2009-3566

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-11-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

McAfee IntruShield Network Security Manager (NSM) before 5.1.11.8.1 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in the Set-Cookie header for the session identifier, which allows remote attackers to hijack a session by leveraging a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Affected products

McAfee Intrushield Network Security Manager: through 5.1.7.74; 5.1.7.7, 5.1.7.73

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37178
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023172
http://www.osvdb.org/59912
http://www.secureworks.com/ctu/advisories/SWRX-2009-002
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507822/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37004
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3226
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54251
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10005
http://secunia.com/advisories/37178
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023172
http://www.osvdb.org/59912

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