TI-2006-02462 Aliases CVE-2006-2531 GHSA-rmvv-69w2-mg6m

Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 only verifies the user's identity via HTTP headers…

MEDIUM 43Published 2006-05-22 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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".

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0736 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup:professional_2006:::::::*	professional_2006	Vulnerable	Ipswitch

cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup:professional_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions professional_2006 Vulnerable ·Ipswitch

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-2531
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rmvv-69w2-mg6m

References

Other 2

TI-2005-01185 SQL injection vulnerability in the logon screen of the web front end… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-00886 NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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