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...
- Published
- May 22, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- May 17, 2006
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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".
Sources
1Kenneth F. Belva · hardware · May 17, 2006
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