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CVE-2015-6005

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IPSwitch WhatsUp Gold before 16.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) an SNMP OID object, (2) an SNMP trap message, (3) the View Names field, (4) the Group Names field, (5) the Flow Monitor Credentials field, (6) the Flow Monitor Threshold Name field, (7) the Task Library Name field, (8) the Task Library Description field, (9) the Policy Library Name field, (10) the Policy Library Description field, (11) the Template Library Name field, (12) the Template Library Description field, (13) the System Script Library Name field, (14) the System Script Library Description field, or (15) the CLI Settings Library Description field.

Affected products

• Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold: through 16.3

References

• http://twitter.com/ipswitch/statuses/677558623229317121
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79506
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034833
• https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2015/12/16/multiple-disclosures-for-multiple-network-management-systems
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/176160
• http://twitter.com/ipswitch/statuses/677558623229317121
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79506
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034833
• https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2015/12/16/multiple-disclosures-for-multiple-network-management-systems
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/176160

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