CVE-2009-5122
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Personal Email Manager component in Websense Email Security before 7.2 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from the JBoss status page via an unspecified query.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceInformation disclosure vulnerability in Websense Email Security's Personal Email Manager component. The component exposes the JBoss application server status page without proper authentication, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to access potentially sensitive system and configuration information via an unspecified query parameter.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.1= 6.1= 7.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Websense Email Security versionLocate the product version through the Websense administrative console, or check the installed software version on the server using system inventory tools or by reviewing the installation directory for version files. Typical locations include the main installation folder or registry entries on Windows servers.Affected if The installed version is 6.1, 7.0, or any version up to and including 7.1 (versions 7.2 and later are not affected)
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Verify if Personal Email Manager component is enabledAccess the Websense Email Security administrative interface and navigate to the Personal Email Manager configuration section to confirm whether this component is active and accessible to end users.Affected if Personal Email Manager is enabled and accessible to users
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Test for unauthenticated JBoss status page accessFrom a remote system, attempt to access the JBoss status page through the Personal Email Manager web interface by browsing to the component's URL path with typical JBoss status endpoints (such as status, jmx-console, or web-console paths) without providing any authentication credentials.Affected if The JBoss status page or management interfaces are accessible without requiring authentication
A user is affected if they are running Websense Email Security version 6.1, 7.0, or 7.0.x through 7.1.x, have Personal Email Manager enabled, and the JBoss status page is accessible without authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to Websense Email Security version 7.2 or later, which contains the patch. Additionally, restrict network access to the JBoss management interfaces and disable exposure of status pages if not required for operations.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2009-5122 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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