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CVE-2015-0961

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0961 describes a vulnerability in Barracuda Web Filter versions prior to 8.1.0.005, specifically when SSL Inspection is enabled. The flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof legitimate SSL servers and potentially obtain sensitive information due to the product's failure to properly validate X.509 certificates from upstream servers. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a potential for partial information disclosure, but no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0.003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:barracuda:web_filter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 10th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.barracuda.com / 2015/04/28/barracuda-delivers-updated-ssl-inspection-feature
Vendor Advisory
techlib.barracuda.com / BWF/UpdateSSLCerts
Vendor Advisory
barracuda.com / support/techalerts
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/534407
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource