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Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 15.02 contains SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Note VU#777007

Original Release Date: 2012-09-04 | Last Revised: 2014-07-29

Overview

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 15.02 has been reported to contain blind SQL injection and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Description

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 15.02 has been reported to contain blind SQL injection and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

CWE-79 - CVE-2012-2601 - Blind SQL Injection
A blind SQL injection attack may be performed against the WrVMwareHostList.asp file.

Proof of Concept:
WrVMwareHostList.asp?sGroupList=1;WAITFOR DELAY '0:0:10'--&sDeviceList=3

CWE-89 - CVE-2012-2589 - Cross-site scripting
The snmpd.conf file may be maliciously modified to execute arbitrary Javascript.

Proof of Concept:
sysName <script>alert(124)</script>pt>>

The CVSS score below applies to CVE-2012-2601.

Impact

An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary SQL commands and script.

Solution

Apply an Update
WhatsUp Gold 15.03 has been released to address these vulnerabilities.

Vendor Information

777007
 

Ipswitch, Inc Affected

Notified:  June 26, 2012 Updated: September 04, 2012

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.


CVSS Metrics

Group Score Vector
Base 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal 5.9 E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Environmental 1.5 CDP:ND/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Devon Kearns of Offensive Security for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Jared Allar.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2012-2601, CVE-2012-2589
Date Public: 2012-07-22
Date First Published: 2012-09-04
Date Last Updated: 2014-07-29 21:56 UTC
Document Revision: 22

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