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CVE-2009-5132

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Filtering Service in Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 6.3.1 Hotfix 106 and 7.x before 7.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (filtering outage) via a crafted URL.

Affected products

• Websense Web Filter: through 6.3.1; 7.0
• Websense Web Security: through 6.3.1; 6.3.0, 7.0

References

• http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v71/wws_pdfs/ws_releasenotes.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78570
• http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v71/wws_pdfs/ws_releasenotes.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78570

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