CVE-2008-5692
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 12.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 12.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5663)
- Published
- December 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5663 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
- ipswitch / ws ftp
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt
- http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server611/ReleaseNotes/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftpserverv611releasenotes#link12
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28822
- 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
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0473
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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