Description
The Filtering Service in Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 6.3.1 Hotfix 136 and 7.x before 7.1.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (filtering outage) via a crafted sequence of characters in a URI.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/first.aspx
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/ws711_known_issues.pdf
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78345
Scores
EPSS
0.0132
EPSS Percentile
67.5%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (6)
websense/websense_web_filter
7.0
websense/websense_web_filter
7.1
websense/websense_web_filter
< 6.3.0
websense/websense_web_security
7.0
websense/websense_web_security
7.1
websense/websense_web_security
< 6.3.0
Published
Aug 23, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026