CVE-2006-2531 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.4% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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".
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.36% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ipswitch | whatsup |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 - Authentication Bypass | 2006-05-17 |
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
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