Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2008-7312

Description

The Filtering Service in Websense Enterprise 5.2 through 6.3 does not consider the IP address during URL categorization, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass filtering via an HTTP request, as demonstrated by a request to a compromised server associated with a specific IP address.

Affected products

Websense/Enterprise5 versions
cpe:2.3:a:websense:enterprise:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:websense:enterprise:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:websense:enterprise:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:websense:enterprise:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:websense:enterprise:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:websense:enterprise:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.websense.com/support/article/t-kbarticle/Why-doesn-t-my-Websense-installation-categorize-URLs-and-Permit-Block-in-accordance-with-the-Site-Lookup-Tool-s-categorizationnvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78299nvd

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