Progress WhatsUp Gold up to 2023.1.2 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Progress WhatsUp Gold up to 2023.1.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-4885. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Progress WhatsUp Gold up to 2023.1.2. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published by Sina Kheirkhah. It is possible to read the advisory at progress.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-4885 since 05/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/04/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 03/03/2025 with a due date of 03/24/2025:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 2023.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Network Management Software

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• Progress

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• WhatsUp Gold

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• 2023.1.0
• 2023.1.1
• 2023.1.2

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• commercial

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