# CVE-2010-5148: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can intercept session cookies due to missing secure flags, potentially leading to session hijacking and unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frgq-gm5r-q2fp

## What is CVE-2010-5148?

CVE-2010-5148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 7.1 Hotfix 21 do not set the secure flag for the Encrypted Session (SSL) cookie in an https session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5148?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Websense Websense Web Filter, Websense Websense Web Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-5148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-5148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-5148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-5102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5102/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-5132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5132/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2010-5147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5147/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2010-5149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5149/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2009-5119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5119/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-5148 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-5148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5148/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5148
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5148
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-5148

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5148/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.