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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-1939

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).

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 63.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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).

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
63.59% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 3 November 2005
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
ipswitch/whatsup small business
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%33%65%26 October 2026: 63.59%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 63.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-26464source ↗IPSwitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004 Report Service - Directory Traversalwindows · Dennis Randremote3 November 2005yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.