Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8261

Title: Progress Whatsup Gold Injection (SQLi/OSi)

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2015-8261

CWE Category CWE-89

Published Date Jan 08, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.55%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8261: The DroneDeleteOldMeasurements implementation in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 16.4 does not properly validate serialized XML objects, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via a crafted SOAP request.

Impacted Vendors

progress 1

ipswitch 1

Reference Links

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034613 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39231/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/753264 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034613 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39231/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/753264

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8261 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39231

View Code

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 08, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.