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Advisory addresses 15 security vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorised access

Threat ID:CC-4534
Threat Severity:Medium
Published:7 August 2024 5:10 PM

Summary

Advisory addresses 15 security vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorised access

Affected platforms

The following platforms are known to be affected:

Versions: All prior to 23.1.3
Progress Software WhatsUp Gold

Threat details

Exploitation of CVE-2024-4885

Proof-of-concept code is publicly available and exploitation attempts have been reported in the wild.


Introduction

Progress Software has released an advisory that addresses 15 vulnerabilities in the WhatsUp Gold system, including 3 critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities with a CVSSv3 score of 9.8. WhatsUp Gold is a network availability and performance monitoring package.

The 3 critical vulnerabilities are outlined below:

  • CVE-2024-4883: In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, a RCE issue exists in Progress WhatsUp Gold. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve the RCE as a service account through NmApi.exe.
  • CVE-2024-4884: In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold.  The Apm.UI.Areas.APM.Controllers.CommunityController allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.
  • CVE-2024-4485: In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold.  The WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.

Remediation advice

Affected organisations are encouraged to review Progress Software's advisory WhatsUp Gold Security Bulletin– June 2024 and apply the relevant updates.

Definitive source of threat updates

CVE Vulnerabilities

StatusPublished
CVE-2024-4883In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, a Remote Code Execution issue exists in Progress WhatsUp Gold. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve the RCE as a service account through NmApi.exe.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-4884In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold.  The Apm.UI.Areas.APM.Controllers.CommunityController allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-4885In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold.  The WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5008In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an authenticated user with certain permissions can upload an arbitrary file and obtain RCE using Apm.UI.Areas.APM.Controllers.Api.Applications.AppProfileImportController.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5009In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an Improper Access Control vulnerability in Wug.UI.Controllers.InstallController.SetAdminPassword allows local attackers to modify admin's password.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5010In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, a vulnerability exists in the TestController functionality.  A specially crafted unauthenticated HTTP request can lead to a disclosure of sensitive information.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5011In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability exists. A specially crafted unauthenticated HTTP request to the TestController Chart functionality can lead to denial of service.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5012In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, there is a missing authentication vulnerability in WUGDataAccess.Credentials. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to disclose Windows Credentials stored in the product Credential Library.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5013In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Denial of Service vulnerability was identified. An unauthenticated attacker can put the application into the SetAdminPassword installation step, which renders the application non-accessible.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5014In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, a Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability exists in the GetASPReport feature. This allows any authenticated user to retrieve ASP reports from an HTML form.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5015In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an authenticated SSRF vulnerability in Wug.UI.Areas.Wug.Controllers.SessionControler.Update allows a low privileged user to chain this SSRF with an Improper Access Control vulnerability. This can be used to escalate privileges to Admin.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5016In 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.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5017In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, a path traversal vulnerability exists. A specially crafted unauthenticated HTTP request to AppProfileImport can lead can lead to information disclosure.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5018In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Path Traversal vulnerability exists Wug.UI.Areas.Wug.Controllers.SessionController.LoadNMScript. This allows allows reading of any file from the applications web-root directory.
StatusPublished
CVE-2024-5019In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3,  an unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read issue exists in Wug.UI.Areas.Wug.Controllers.SessionController.CachedCSS. This vulnerability allows reading of any file with iisapppool\NmConsole privileges.

Last edited: 7 August 2024 5:10 pm

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