CVE-2024-6670

Progress WhatsUp Gold: SQL Injection

As of , CVE-2024-6670 in Progress WhatsUp Gold is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 16 September 2024
US federal deadline
7 October 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Known
EPSS score
0.93Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.60 on 16 September 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module
Fix
Vendor advice: community.progress.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Progress WhatsUp Gold contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the user's encrypted password if the application is configured with only a single user.

CISA's description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.0, a SQL Injection vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the users encrypted password.

The CVE record's description, from ProgressSoftware

CVE published
29 August 2024
Assigned by
ProgressSoftware
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

  • Metasploit: WhatsUp Gold SQL Injection (CVE-2024-6670)auxiliary module, rank normal

WhatsUp Gold: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2024-4885Path TraversalProgress WhatsUp GoldPatch this weekEPSS 0.990.99

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