Threats / Progress / CVE-2024-4885
CVE-2024-4885
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Progress WhatsUp Gold vulnerability
Progress WhatsUp Gold contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in WhatsUp Gold to execute arbitrary code remotely. Active exploitation in the wild and high EPSS score (0.94) indicate immediate risk to unpatched deployments.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
388 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-03-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99288 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Progress, WhatsUp Gold. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-22 Path Traversal — weakness family: Path traversal / file.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious request using path traversal sequences to bypass file access restrictions in WhatsUp Gold.
Business
Attackers gain initial access to the monitoring infrastructure without authentication credentials.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I leverage the path traversal to write or execute arbitrary code on the WhatsUp Gold server.
Business
The organization loses control of its network monitoring system, a critical infrastructure component.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I establish persistent access and move laterally through the monitored network using the compromised monitoring platform.
Business
Attackers gain visibility into and control over the entire monitored network, enabling data theft or further compromise.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by ProgressSoftwareCNA