CVE-2012-4604

Exp

The TRITON management console in Websense Web Security before 7.6 Hotfix 24 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read arbitrary reports via a crafted uid field, in conjunction with a crafted userRoles field, in a cookie, as demonstrated by a request to explorer_wse/favorites.exe.

Published: 2012-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4604 is rated Exploit Available (57/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.34%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-4604

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4604

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.18% 1.34% +1.17%
2 2025-03-17 0.44% 0.18% -0.26%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4604

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4604

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4604

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
websense websense_web_security <= 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 7.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4604

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