Vulnerability Details CVE-2006-2531
Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 only verifies the user's identity via HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to spoof being a trusted console and bypass authentication by setting HTTP User-Agent header to "Ipswitch/1.0" and the User-Application header to "NmConsole".
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.047
EPSS Ranking 88.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529
- http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529