CVE-2009-5119: Websense Web Filter

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default configuration of Apache Tomcat in Websense Manager in Websense Web Security 7.0 and Web Filter 7.0 enables weak SSL ciphers in conf/server.xml, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network and then conducting a brute-force attack against encrypted session data.

Affected products

• Websense Websense Web Filter: version 7.0 only
• Websense Websense Web Security: version 7.0 only

Published 2012-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.