CVE-2015-2748

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Websense TRITON AP-WEB before 8.0.0 does not properly restrict access to files in explorer_wse/, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a (1) Web Security incident report or the (2) Explorer configuration (websense.ini) file.

Affected products

Websense Triton Ap Data: through 7.8.3
Websense Triton Ap Email: through 7.8.3
Websense Triton Ap Web: through 7.8.3
Websense V-Series Appliances: through 7.7

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130901/Websense-Explorer-Missing-Access-Control.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/107
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534913/100/0/threaded
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/Vulnerabilities-resolved-in-TRITON-APX-Version-8-0
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140909/missing_access_control_on_websense_explorer_web_folder.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130901/Websense-Explorer-Missing-Access-Control.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/107
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534913/100/0/threaded
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/Vulnerabilities-resolved-in-TRITON-APX-Version-8-0
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140909/missing_access_control_on_websense_explorer_web_folder.html

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