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critical 9.8

CVE-2024-4885 kev in the critical feed json

WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2024-06-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44455

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2025-03-03
epss
99.3%
EPSS 99.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

In 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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  • Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.3
  • progress whatsup_gold 2023.1.3

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
20 mo ago
Patch by
2025-03-24 (19 mo ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor, product
Progress, WhatsUp Gold
CISA name
Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation exploitation
  • T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter primary impact

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

99.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Progress Software WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Directory Traversal - Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold
  • progress whatsup_gold

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.