Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 Error Message cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2355. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 (Network Management Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 and Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 Premium allows remote attackers to obtain full path information via 404 error messages. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2006. The weakness was shared 05/11/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2355 since 05/14/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21562 (Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS, Enum, ID)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26504), Tenable (21562), SecurityFocus (BID 17964†), OSVDB (25477†) and Secunia (SA20075†). The entries VDB-30231, VDB-30230, VDB-30228 and VDB-30227 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 21562
Nessus Name: Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS, Enum, ID)
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OpenVAS ID: 80068
OpenVAS Name: Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2355 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2355
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30229
X-Force: 26504
SecurityFocus: 17964
Secunia: 20075 - WhatsUp Professional Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 25477 - Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional NmConsole Error Message Path Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 11814 - IPswitch WhatsUp Professional Leakage of Full Path via Error Messages, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/12/2021 10:00
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (75), 06/20/2019 10:12 (2), 07/12/2021 10:00 (4)
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