CVE-2008-5693

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager 6.1.0.0 and earlier, and possibly other Ipswitch products, might allow remote attackers to read the contents of custom ASP files in WSFTPSVR/ via a request with an appended dot character.

Affected products

Ipswitch Ws Ftp: through 6.1; 1.0.5, 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 3.0, 3.0.1 (+15)

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47677
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47677

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