Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager before 6.1.1, and possibly other Ipswitch products, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and rea…

Published 17 y ago 2008-12-19 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

5.0

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

12.6%

percentile 96%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager before 6.1.1, and possibly other Ipswitch products, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read logs via a logLogout action to FTPLogServer/login.asp followed by a request to FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp with the localhostnull account name.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.65% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-31117 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 6 - '/WSFTPSVR/FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp' Authentication Bypass · webapps · 2008-02-06

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

securityreason.com /securityalert/4799 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
docs.ipswitch.com /WS_FTP_Server611/ReleaseNotes/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftpserve · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/0473 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
aluigi.altervista.org /adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/27654 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/487697/100/200/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/487686/100/200/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
secunia.com /advisories/28822 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-5692
NVD: CVE-2008-5692

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