CVE-2015-8261

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8261
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-08 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-10 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe DroneDeleteOldMeasurements implementation in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 16.4 does not properly validate serialized XML objects, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via a crafted SOAP request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-89

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ipswitch Whatsup Gold 16.3 All All All
Application Ipswitch Whatsup Gold 16.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Input Validation Flaw in SOAP Interface Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Vulnerability Note VU#753264 - IPSwitch WhatsUp Gold does not validate commands when deserializing XML objects CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
WhatsUp Gold 16.3 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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