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CVE-2006-2531
Published: May 22, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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".
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20060517 What's Up Professional Spoofing Authentication Bypass
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
20060517 Re: [Full-disclosure] What's Up Professional Spoofing Authentication Bypass
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
ADV-2006-1849
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
18019
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
whatsup-http-auth-bypass(26529)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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