Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5692

Title: Ipswitch Ws Ftp Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5692

CWE Category CWE-287
Published Date Dec 19, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.02%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5692: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server611/ReleaseNotes/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftpserverv611releasenotes#link12 http://secunia.com/advisories/28822 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4799 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487686/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487697/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27654 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0473 http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server611/ReleaseNotes/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftpserverv611releasenotes#link12 http://secunia.com/advisories/28822 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4799 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487686/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487697/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27654 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0473
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5692 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31117
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.