What is CVE-2018-8939?

CVE-2018-8939 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup_gold, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-8939?

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

SSRF in Progress Whatsup_gold

CVE-2018-8939

An SSRF issue was discovered in NmAPI.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 2018 (18.0). Malicious actors can submit specially crafted requests via the NmAPI executable to (1) gain unauthorized access to the WhatsUp Gold system, (2) obtain i…

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Progress Whatsup_gold
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8939?: CVE-2018-8939 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup_gold, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-8939?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.