CVE-2015-2746
The network diagnostics tool (CommandLineServlet) in the Appliance Manager command line utility (CLU) in Websense TRITON 7.8.3 and V-Series appliances before 7.8.4 Hotfix 02 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The network diagnostics tool (CommandLineServlet) in the Appliance Manager command line utility (CLU) in Websense TRITON 7.8.3 and V-Series appliances before 7.8.4 Hotfix 02 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "second" parameter of a command, as demonstrated by the Destination parameter in the ping command.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 25.42% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 March 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- websense/triton · websense/v-series appliances
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 25.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130899/Websense-Appliance-Manager-Command-Injection.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534910/100/0/threaded
- http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/October-2014-Hotfix-Summary-for-Websense-SolutionsVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36423/
- https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140906/command_injection_vulnerability_in_network_diagnostics_tool_of_websense_appliance_manager.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130899/Websense-Appliance-Manager-Command-Injection.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534910/100/0/threaded
- http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/October-2014-Hotfix-Summary-for-Websense-SolutionsVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36423/
- https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140906/command_injection_vulnerability_in_network_diagnostics_tool_of_websense_appliance_manager.htmlExploit
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