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WebSense Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10368
Release Date: 2003-12-05
Popularity: 5,996 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Websense 4.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in WebSense, allowing malicious people to conduct Cross Site Scripting attacks.

The problem is that malicious characters included in an URL isn't properly verified when WebSense returns an error in case the site or URL is blocked.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 4.3 through 5.1.

Solution:
Reportedly, a patch is available.

http://my.websense.com/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Mr. P.Taylor


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