PT-2024-37789 · Ipswitch · Whatsup Gold

Published 2024-08-23 · Updated 2024-09-04 · CVE-2024-6672

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 2024.0.0

Description A SQL Injection issue allows an authenticated low-privileged attacker to achieve privilege escalation by modifying a privileged user's password. This can be exploited by altering a privileged user's password, enabling the attacker to gain higher privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2024.0.0, update to version 2024.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the getMonitorJoin function until a patch is available.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6672

ZDI-24-1187

Affected Products

Whatsup Gold

References · 12

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1187 · Security Note
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2024 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6672 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6672 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1829285855757820086 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/pravin_karthik/status/1826992972371792352 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1829237573765505321 · Twitter Post
• https://progress.com/network-monitoring · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/4480 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1829228141342015711 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/zoomeye_team/status/1826896258222751796 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/RsSI47041968/status/1830140884412748237 · Twitter Post