CVE-2005-1939

Ipswitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004 - Directory Traversal via Report Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1939. PoCs published by Dennis Rand.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in IPSwitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004, allowing remote attackers to access files outside the web root, such as boot.ini, by manipulating the URL path.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Ipswitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a request to the Report service (TCP 8022).

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Dennis Rand · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26464

This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in IPSwitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004, allowing remote attackers to access files outside the web root, such as boot.ini, by manipulating the URL path.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: IPSwitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15500
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-40-advisory.pdf
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22969
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15291
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015141
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-14/advisory/

Scores

EPSS 0.6288
EPSS Percentile 99.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
ipswitch/whatsup_small_business 2004
Published Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026