CVE-2006-2531

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Published May 22, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 7.3% KEV · Not listed

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".

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup:professional_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-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".

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 7.3% (7.341% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Ipswitch Whatsup

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:51 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 22, 2006, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:51 PM
Reserved: May 22, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:25 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 22, 2006, 11:10 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:25 PM

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