A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch Whatsup Gold up to 17.1.0 (Network Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Legacy ASP Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 2017 Plus SP1 (17.1.1). Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities are present in the legacy .ASP pages, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/18/2018. The weakness was shared 01/24/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.ipswitch.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-5778 since 01/18/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 17.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry 112408 is related to this item.

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• Network Management Software

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• Ipswitch

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• Whatsup Gold

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• 17.0
• 17.1

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• commercial

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