CVE-2006-2531

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16

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".

Affected products

Ipswitch Whatsup: professional_2006

References

http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529
http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529

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