What is CVE-2015-8261?

CVE-2015-8261 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup_gold, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2015-8261?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-8261 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Progress Whatsup_gold

CVE-2015-8261

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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.035 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Progress Whatsup_gold — versions 16.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8261?: CVE-2015-8261 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup_gold, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2015-8261?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8261 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.