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CVE-2009-5131

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Receive Service in Websense Email Security before 7.1 does not recognize domain extensions in the blacklist, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and send e-mail messages via an SMTP session.

Affected products

• Websense Email Security: through 7.0; 6.1, 6.1-sp1

References

• http://www.websense.com/support/article/t-kbarticle/Release-Notes-for-Websense-Email-Security-v7-1
• http://www.websense.com/support/article/t-kbarticle/Release-Notes-for-Websense-Email-Security-v7-1

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