# CVE-2006-2531: Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 only verifies the user's identity via HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to spoof being a truste

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-05-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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".

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
- http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27891

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