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CVE-2024-5016: WhatsUp Gold OnMessage Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, Distributed Edition installations can be exploited by using a deserialization tool to achieve a Remote Code Execution as SYSTEM.  The vulnerability exists in the main message processing routines NmDistributed.DistributedServiceBehavior.OnMessage for server and NmDistributed.DistributedClient.OnMessage for clients.

Affected products

• Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold: before 23.1.0; 23.1.0 — fixed in 23.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold 23.1.0. 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

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