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CVE-2010-5145

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-5145 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from websense, from websense, from microsoft organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-08-23T10:32:14.577

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	websense	websense_web_filter	≤ 6.3.0	Yes
Application	websense	websense_web_filter	7.0	Yes
Application	websense	websense_web_filter	7.1	Yes
Application	websense	websense_web_security	≤ 6.3.0	Yes
Application	websense	websense_web_security	7.0	Yes
Application	websense	websense_web_security	7.1	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	*	No

References

http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/first.aspx Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/ws711_known_issues.pdf Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78345 ([email protected])
http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/first.aspx Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/ws711_known_issues.pdf Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78345 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For websense's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.