THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2024-5016
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-5016

Whatsup Gold vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
22.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Progress
Affected product
Whatsup Gold
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2024-06-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 22.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-5016

  • Confirm whether Progress Whatsup Gold is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-5016.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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