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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-3748 · published 22 October 2009

CVE-2009-3748: Websense personal email manager cross-site scripting vulnerability

Websense · Personal Email Manager

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web Administrator in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) FileName, (2) IsolatedMessageID, (3) ServerName, (4) Dictionary, (5) Scoring, and (6) MessagePart parameters to web/msgList/viewmsg/actions/msgAnalyse.asp; the (7) Queue, (8) FileName, (9) IsolatedMessageID, and (10) ServerName parameters to actions/msgForwardToRiskFilter.asp and viewHeaders.asp in web/msgList/viewmsg/; and (11) the subject in an e-mail message that is held in a Queue.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.5% · top 11.4% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
3.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web Administrator in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) FileName, (2) IsolatedMessageID, (3) ServerName, (4) Dictionary, (5) Scoring, and (6) MessagePart parameters to web/msgList/viewmsg/actions/msgAnalyse.asp; the (7) Queue, (8) FileName, (9) IsolatedMessageID, and (10) ServerName parameters to actions/msgForwardToRiskFilter.asp and viewHeaders.asp in web/msgList/viewmsg/; and (11) the subject in an e-mail message that is held in a Queue.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786
http://secunia.com/advisories/37091 Vendor Advisory
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-003.txt Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507330/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36741 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987 PatchVendor Advisory
http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786
http://secunia.com/advisories/37091 Vendor Advisory
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-003.txt Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507330/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36741 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-3748), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.