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CVE-2015-8261 (GCVE-0-2015-8261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-08 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
VLAI
Summary
The 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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034613 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/753264 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39231/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2016-01-07 00:00
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