FKIE_CVE-2007-4555

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-28 00:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via arguments to a valid command, which is not properly handled when it is displayed by the view log option in the administration interface. NOTE: this can be leveraged to create a new admin account.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065441.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37961
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26529Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3068
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36237
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065441.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37961
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26529Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3068
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36237
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ipswitch ws_ftp *
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