Deserialization in Progress Whatsup Gold
CVE-2024-5016
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.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.224 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.224 · newest: 0.224 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Progress Whatsup Gold — versions 23.1.0
- Progress Software Corporation Whatsup Gold — versions 2023.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.progress.com/network-monitoring (Product, product)
- community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-5016?
- CVE-2024-5016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-06-25.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5016?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-5016 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.