CVE-2010-5149: Websense Web Filter

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 6.3.3 Hotfix 27 and 7.x before 7.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Blue Coat appliance integration outage) via a long URL.

Affected products

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

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