CVE-2008-5692

Ws Ftp vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

7.8%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Ipswitch

Affected product

Ws Ftp

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Published

2008-12-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 7.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5692

Confirm whether Ipswitch Ws Ftp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5692.
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