CVE-2006-2531

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

7.36%

Published

May 22, 2006

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Exploit-DBIpswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 - Authentication Bypass

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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 (1)

ipswitch · whatsupvulnerable

References (12)

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