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Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Websense Explorer report scheduler
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Han Sahin, September 2014

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Abstract
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It was discovered that the report scheduler of Websense Explorer is
vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. Cross-Site Scripting allows an
attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing the
victim's session token or login credentials, performing arbitrary
actions on the victim's behalf, and logging their keystrokes.

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Tested versions
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This issue was discovered on Websense Triton v7.8.3 and Websense
appliance modules V-Series v7.7. Other versions may be affected as well.

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Fix
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Websense released hotfix 02 for Websense Triton v7.8.4 in which this
issue is fixed. More information about this hotfix can be found at the
following location:
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/v7-8-4-About-Hotfix-02
-for-Web-Security-Solutions

This issue is resolved in TRITON APX Version 8.0. More information about
the fixed can be found at the following location:
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/Vulnerabilities-resolv
ed-in-TRITON-APX-Version-8-0

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Details
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https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140911/cross_site_scripting_vulner
ability_in_websense_explorer_report_scheduler.html

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