CVE-2008-5692 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.6% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager before 6.1.1, and possibly other Ipswitch products, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read logs via a logLogout action to FTPLogServer/login.asp followed by a request to FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp with the localhostnull account name.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 12.65% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ipswitch | ws ftp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 6 - '/WSFTPSVR/FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp' Authentication Bypass | 2008-02-06 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt
- http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server611/ReleaseNotes/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftpserverv611releasenotes#link12
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28822
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4799
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487686/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487697/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27654
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0473
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt
- http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server611/ReleaseNotes/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftpserverv611releasenotes#link12
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28822
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4799
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487686/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487697/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27654
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0473
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