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Fencer Vulns
high 8.4

CVE-2024-5009 in the critical feed json

WhatsUp Gold SetAdminPassword Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

published 2024-06-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-46283

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.4%
EPSS 17.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In 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.

Patch / fix

  • Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.3
  • progress whatsup_gold 2023.1.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

17.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-269 Improper Privilege Management

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.