CVE-2008-5692
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIpswitch 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIpswitch WS_FTP Server Manager before version 6.1.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability allowing remote attackers to read log files without valid credentials. The attack involves sending a logLogout action to FTPLogServer/login.asp followed by a request to FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp using the 'localhostnull' account name, which grants unauthorized access to the log viewer functionality.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 6.1= 1.0.5= 2.01= 2.02= 2.03= 3.0= 3.0.1= 3.1.0= 3.1.1= 3.1.2= 3.1.3= 3.14CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate WS_FTP Server installationCheck common installation paths such as C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\WS_FTP Server or look for the WS_FTP Server service in Windows Services panelAffected if WS_FTP Server Manager is installed on the system
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Identify installed versionOpen the WS_FTP Server Manager application and navigate to Help > About, or check the version displayed on the login screen, or inspect the executable properties of the main server binaryAffected if The displayed version is before 6.1.1 (versions such as 6.1, 5.x, 3.x, 2.x, 1.x are all vulnerable)
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Verify FTPLogServer web componentCheck if the FTPLogServer web application is running by attempting to access http://localhost/FTPLogServer/login.asp or the equivalent URL on your serverAffected if The FTPLogServer web interface responds and is accessible over the network
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Confirm vulnerable endpoint exposureVerify that the LogViewer.asp file exists in the FTPLogServer directory by checking the web server's virtual directories or attempting to access FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp directlyAffected if The LogViewer.asp endpoint is reachable without authentication
You are affected if WS_FTP Server Manager is installed with a version before 6.1.1 and the FTPLogServer web component with LogViewer.asp is accessible to network users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade WS_FTP Server Manager to version 6.1.1 or later to obtain the vendor patch that addresses this authentication bypass vulnerability.
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