DIVD-2024-00041 - Progress Software WhatsUp Gold SQL Injection Authentication Bypass

Our reference DIVD-2024-00041
Case lead Finn van der Knaap
Researcher(s)
CVE(s)
Products
  • Progress Software WhatsUp
Versions
  • All versions released before 2024.0.0
Recommendation Update to a non-vulnerable version
Patch status Patch available
Workaround none
Status Closed
Last modified 16 Dec 2024 16:40 CET

Summary

WhatsUp Gold, software used for network monitoring and management, has disclosed a critical security vulnerability affecting versions released prior to 2024.0.0. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-6670, involves a SQL Injection flaw that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve users’ encrypted passwords. Obtaining such passwords could lead to compromise of users’ accounts.

Recommendations

To remediate CVE-2024-6670, update to version 24.0.0 or later. You can find a link to the Progress bulletin at the bottom of this post. Additionally, consider making your WhatsUp Gold instance unavailable from the public internet.

What we are doing

DIVD is currently working to identify parties that are running a vulnerable version of WhatsUp Gold and to notify these parties. We do this by looking at the version numbers if possible.

Timeline

Date Description
01 Oct 2024 DIVD starts researching the vulnerability.
09 Oct 2024 DIVD finds fingerprint, preparing to scan.
14 Oct 2024 Case opened.
16 Oct 2024 Starting first scan.
17 Oct 2024 Starting second scan.
17 Oct 2024 Mails sent out.
12 Nov 2024 Second mail round has been sent out.
12 Nov 2024 Case closed.
gantt title DIVD-2024-00041 - Progress Software WhatsUp Gold SQL Injection Authentication Bypass dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD axisFormat %e %b %Y section Case DIVD-2024-00041 - Progress Software WhatsUp Gold SQL Injection Authentication Bypass (49 days) :2024-09-24, 2024-11-12 section Events DIVD starts researching the vulnerability. : milestone, 2024-10-01, 0d DIVD finds fingerprint, preparing to scan. : milestone, 2024-10-09, 0d Case opened. : milestone, 2024-10-14, 0d Starting first scan. : milestone, 2024-10-16, 0d Starting second scan. : milestone, 2024-10-17, 0d Mails sent out. : milestone, 2024-10-17, 0d Second mail round has been sent out. : milestone, 2024-11-12, 0d Case closed. : milestone, 2024-11-12, 0d

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