CVE-2009-3457
Cisco ACE XML Gateway (AXG) and ACE Web Application Firewall (WAF) before 6.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an HTTP request that lacks a handler, as demonstrated by (1) an OPTIONS request or (2) a crafted GET request, leading to a Message-handling Errors message containing a certain client intranet IP address, aka Bug ID CSCtb82159.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3439)
- Published
- September 29, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3439 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / ace web application firewall
- cisco / ace web application firewall
- cisco / ace web application firewall
- cisco / ace web application firewall
- cisco / ace xml gateway
- cisco / ace xml gateway
- cisco / ace xml gateway
- cisco / ace xml gateway
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Sep/0369.html(Exploit, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36879
- http://www.brainoverflow.org/advisories/cisco_ace_xml_gw_ip_disclosure.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080af8965.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506716/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36522
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022949
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2778
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53482
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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