CVEs / CVE-2024-4885
CVE-2024-4885: Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Mar 2025
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 99.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Progress WhatsUp Gold contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
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 and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold | from 2023.1.0, before 2023.1.3 | 2023.1.3 |
| progress whatsup_gold | from 2023.1.0, before 2023.1.3 | 2023.1.3 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 3 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
References
- CVE-2024-4885 on NVD
- CVE-2024-4885 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024 (cited by CISA)
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring Product
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4885 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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