Vulnerability · Published Jun 25, 2024 · Assigned by ProgressSoftware

CVE-2024-5016WhatsUp Gold OnMessage Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity unsafe deserialization in WhatsUp Gold from Progress Software Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 22.4% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)22.4%top 2.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Progress Software Corporation	WhatsUp Gold	2023.1.0 – before 2023.1.3

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring product
https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024 vendor-advisory