Auth bypass in Blue Coat Systems K9 Web Protection
CVE-2008-4515
Blue Coat K9 Web Protection 4.0.230 Beta relies on client-side JavaScript as a protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the (1) summary, (2) detail, (3) overrides, and (4) pwemail pages by disabling JavaScript.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.016 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Blue_coat_systems K9_web_protection — versions 4.0.230
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)