CVE-2010-5146: Websense Web Filter

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Remote Filtering component in Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 7.1 Hotfix 66 allows local users to bypass filtering by (1) renaming the WDC.exe file or (2) deleting driver files.

Affected products

• Websense Websense Web Filter: up to and including 7.1; version 6.3.0 only; version 6.3.1 only; version 6.3.2 only; version 6.3.3 only; version 7.0 only
• Websense Websense Web Security: up to and including 7.1; version 6.3.0 only; version 6.3.1 only; version 6.3.2 only; version 6.3.3 only; version 7.0 only

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