CVE-2011-4722

high
Published 2014-12-28 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP Server 1.0.0.24 in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the Filename field of an RRQ operation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ€” if you've already worked around this in production โ€” publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18189 remote windows verified
SecPod Research ยท 2011-12-02

Ipswitch TFTP Server 1.0.0.24 - Directory Traversal

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

IpSwitch WhatsUp Gold TFTP Directory Traversal
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ipswitchtftp_server1.0.0.24

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.