Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-29848
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-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 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 10.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Metasploit
Official description
In Progress Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 17.0.0 through 21.1.1, and 22.0.0, it is possible for an authenticated user to invoke an API transaction that would allow them to read sensitive operating-system attributes from a host that is accessible by the WhatsUp Gold system.
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