CVE-2024-4885
Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 99.29% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2025 · due 24 March 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- progress/whatsup gold
- Source
- security@progress.com
EPSS 99.3% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4885
References
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024Vendor Advisory
- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoringProduct
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024Vendor Advisory
- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoringProduct
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4885US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.