What is CVE-2024-7763?

CVE-2024-7763 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-7763?

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

Auth bypass in Progress Whatsup Gold

CVE-2024-7763

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.0, an Authentication Bypass issue exists which allows an attacker to obtain encrypted user credentials.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2024-10-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Progress Whatsup Gold
Progress Software Corporation Whatsup Gold — versions 2023.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.progress.com/network-monitoring (Product, product)
community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2024 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7763?: CVE-2024-7763 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-7763?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.