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CVE-2024-4885: Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2025-03-03
• EPSS: 99.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold.  The WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.

Affected products

• Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold: before 23.1.3 — fixed in 23.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold 23.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024
• https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024
• https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4885

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