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CVE-2008-5693

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5693 describes a vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager 6.1.0.0 and earlier, and potentially other Ipswitch products, where remote attackers can read the contents of custom ASP files by appending a dot character to a request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to potential information disclosure. Despite its age, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0278 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aluigi.altervista.org / adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt
securityreason.com / securityalert/4799
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47677
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487686/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487697/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27654