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CVE-2008-5693· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager 6.1.0.0 and earlier, and possibly other Ipswitch products, might allow remote attackers to read the contents

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.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 19, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.5% · 91th percentile
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Action score

21

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ipswitchws ftp

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ipswitch ws ftpup to 6.1 inclusive
  • ipswitch ws ftp1.0.5
  • ipswitch ws ftp2.01
  • ipswitch ws ftp2.02
  • ipswitch ws ftp2.03
  • ipswitch ws ftp3.0
  • ipswitch ws ftp3.0.1
  • ipswitch ws ftp3.1.0
  • ipswitch ws ftp3.1.1
  • ipswitch ws ftp3.1.2
  • ipswitch ws ftp3.1.3
  • ipswitch ws ftp3.14
  • ipswitch ws ftp4.00
  • ipswitch ws ftp4.01
  • ipswitch ws ftp4.02
  • ipswitch ws ftp5.00
  • ipswitch ws ftp5.01
  • ipswitch ws ftp5.02
  • ipswitch ws ftp5.03
  • ipswitch ws ftp5.04

Same product

ipswitch: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-3823The Logging Server (Logsrv.exe) in IPSwitch WS_FTP 7.5.29.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending a
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2017-16513Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional before 12.6.0.3 has buffer overflows in the local search field and the backup locations field, aka WSCLT-1729.
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2007-2213Unspecified vulnerability in the Initialize function in NetscapeFTPHandler in WS_FTP Home and Professional 2007 allows remote attackers to c
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2008-5692Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager before 6.1.1, and possibly other Ipswitch products, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2008-0608The Logging Server (ftplogsrv.exe) 7.9.14.0 and earlier in IPSwitch WS_FTP 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2009-4775Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 12 before 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via
    19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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