Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-29847
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 57.6% (higher than 99.1% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)57.6%top 0.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Metasploit
Official description
In Progress Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 21.0.0 through 21.1.1, and 22.0.0, it is possible for an unauthenticated attacker to invoke an API transaction that would allow them to relay encrypted WhatsUp Gold user credentials to an arbitrary host.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring x_refsource_MISC
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Critical-Product-Alert-May-2022 x_refsource_MISC