What is CVE-2018-5778?

CVE-2018-5778 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-5778?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Progress Whatsup Gold

CVE-2018-5778

An issue was discovered in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 2017 Plus SP1 (17.1.1). Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities are present in the legacy .ASP pages, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-01-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Progress Whatsup Gold

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

docs.ipswitch.com/NM/WhatsUpGold2017Plus/01_ReleaseNotes/17PlusSP1/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5778?: CVE-2018-5778 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-5778?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.