CVE-2009-3457 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Cisco ACE XML Gateway and ACE Web Application Firewall versions prior to 6.1. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending HTTP requests lacking a handler, such as OPTIONS or crafted GET requests, to reveal an internal client intranet IP address within a Message-handling Errors message. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium) with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a potential compromise of confidentiality. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ace_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0\(0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ace_web_application_firewall:6.0\(0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ace_web_application_firewall:6.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ace_web_application_firewall:6.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 6.0\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ace_xml_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.