CVE-2009-3748

Websense Personal Email Manager and Email Security 7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-3748. PoCs published by Nikolas Sotiriu.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Websense Email Security v7.1. The PoC includes a Perl script that sends an email with a malicious subject line, triggering XSS when viewed in the Web Administrator frontend.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web Administrator in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) FileName, (2) IsolatedMessageID, (3) ServerName, (4) Dictionary, (5) Scoring, and (6) MessagePart parameters to web/msgList/viewmsg/actions/msgAnalyse.asp; the (7) Queue, (8) FileName, (9) IsolatedMessageID, and (10) ServerName parameters to actions/msgForwardToRiskFilter.asp and viewHeaders.asp in web/msgList/viewmsg/; and (11) the subject in an e-mail message that is held in a Queue.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Nikolas Sotiriu · textwebappshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9981

This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Websense Email Security v7.1. The PoC includes a Perl script that sends an email with a malicious subject line, triggering XSS when viewed in the Web Administrator frontend.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Websense Email Security v7.1, Personal Email Manager v7.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to an SMTP server to send the malicious email · Target system running vulnerable Websense Email Security software
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507330/100/0/threaded
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36741
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37091

Scores

EPSS 0.0346
EPSS Percentile 87.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
websense/personal_email_manager 7.1
websense/websense_email_security 7.1
Published Oct 22, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026