What is CVE-2024-8785?

CVE-2024-8785 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup_gold, classified under CWE-648. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-8785?

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

Vulnerability in Progress Whatsup_gold

CVE-2024-8785

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.1, a remote unauthenticated attacker could leverage NmAPI.exe to create or change an existing registry value in registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Ipswitch\.

EPSS: 0.095 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Progress Whatsup_gold
Progress Software Corporation Whatsup Gold — versions 2023.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-648

References

security@progress.com (Product)
security@progress.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
security@progress.com (release-notes, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8785?: CVE-2024-8785 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Progress Whatsup_gold, classified under CWE-648. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-8785?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.