CVE-2006-2356

Exp

NmConsole/utility/RenderMap.asp in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 and WhatsUp Professional 2006 Premium allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about network nodes via a modified nDeviceGroupID parameter.

Published: 2006-05-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2356 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.55%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2356

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2356

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.47% 5.55% +5.08%
2 2026-02-10 0.38% 0.47% +0.09%
3 2025-06-08 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2356

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2356

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2356

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch whatsup_professional 2006 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup_professional:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch whatsup_professional 2006 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup_professional:2006:*:*:*:premium:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2356

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20075 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/897 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25475 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433808 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1787 Permissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26505 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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