CVE-2008-5693

Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager 6.1.0.0 and earlier, and possibly other Ipswitch products, might allow remote attackers to read the contents of custom ASP files in WSFTPSVR/ via a request with an appended dot character.

Published: 2008-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5693 is rated Low Risk (25.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5693

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 2025-03-17 0.21% 0.06% -0.15%
2 2024-04-17 0.30% 0.21% -0.09%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5693

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-2008-5693

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5693

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch ws_ftp <= 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 2.01 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 2.02 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 2.03 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 3.14 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 4.00 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 4.01 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 4.02 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 5.00 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 5.02 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:5.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 5.03 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:5.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 5.04 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 5.05 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:5.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5693

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