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CVE-2015-6005 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 4.7
Exploitability Score: 1.7

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.5 LOW
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 6.8

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://twitter.com/ipswitch/statuses/677558623229317121 Vendor Advisory
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 Exploit
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/176160 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup_gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
16.3


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-6005
NVD Published Date:
12/26/2015
NVD Last Modified:
12/05/2016