CVE-2006-2531

Exp

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".

Published: 2006-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2531 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.78%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2531

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27891 exploit_db edb 2006-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2531

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 2026-02-18 5.49% 4.78% -0.71%
2 2025-12-04 4.65% 5.49% +0.84%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.65% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2531

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2531

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2531

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch whatsup professional_2006 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup:professional_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2531

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