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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-2746 · published 26 March 2015

CVE-2015-2746: Websense triton command injection vulnerability

Websense · Triton

The network diagnostics tool (CommandLineServlet) in the Appliance Manager command line utility (CLU) in Websense TRITON 7.8.3 and V-Series appliances before 7.8.4 Hotfix 02 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "second" parameter of a command, as demonstrated by the Destination parameter in the ping command.

6.5 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 25% · top 2.1% CWE-77 · Command injection
6.5CVSS 2.0 base score
25%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The network diagnostics tool (CommandLineServlet) in the Appliance Manager command line utility (CLU) in Websense TRITON 7.8.3 and V-Series appliances before 7.8.4 Hotfix 02 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "second" parameter of a command, as demonstrated by the Destination parameter in the ping command.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130899/Websense-Appliance-Manager-Command-Injection.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/104
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534910/100/0/threaded
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/October-2014-Hotfix-Summary-for-Websense-Solutions Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36423/
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140906/command_injection_vulnerability_in_network_diagnostics_tool_of_websense_app Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130899/Websense-Appliance-Manager-Command-Injection.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/104
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534910/100/0/threaded
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/October-2014-Hotfix-Summary-for-Websense-Solutions Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36423/
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140906/command_injection_vulnerability_in_network_diagnostics_tool_of_websense_app Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-2746), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.