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".

🔗 References (12)

• cve@mitrehttp://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529