CVE-2015-6005

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IPSwitch WhatsUp Gold before 16.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) an SNMP OID object, (2) an SNMP trap message, (3) the View Names field, (4) the Group Names field, (5) the Flow Monitor Credentials field, (6) the Flow Monitor Threshold Name field, (7) the Task Library Name field, (8) the Task Library Description field, (9) the Policy Library Name field, (10) the Policy Library Description field, (11) the Template Library Name field, (12) the Template Library Description field, (13) the System Script Library Name field, (14) the System Script Library Description field, or (15) the CLI Settings Library Description field.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.47%
Vendor Advisory twitter.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/176160 third party advisory us government resource
http://twitter.com/ipswitch/statuses/677558623229317121 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034833 vdb entry
https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2015/12/16/multiple-disclosures-for-multiple-network-management-systems exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79506 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-6005?
CVE-2015-6005 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-6005?
To fix CVE-2015-6005, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-6005 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-6005 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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