CVE-2022-29847
Published: 11 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-29847 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-29847 affects Progress Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold versions 21.0.0 through 21.1.1 and 22.0.0. The flaw permits an unauthenticated attacker to invoke an API transaction that relays encrypted user credentials to an arbitrary host, corresponding to CWE-918 server-side request forgery and carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5.
An attacker with network access and no credentials can trigger the vulnerable API endpoint to forward the encrypted credential material elsewhere, resulting in disclosure of sensitive authentication data without any user interaction.
Public advisories from the vendor are available at the Progress community links referenced for this CVE and provide guidance on remediation for the affected WhatsUp Gold releases. The associated EPSS score has remained at 0.8474 from disclosure through the present measurement.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-34165
Vulnerability details
In Progress Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 21.0.0 through 21.1.1, and 22.0.0, it is possible for an unauthenticated attacker to invoke an API transaction that would allow them to relay encrypted WhatsUp Gold user credentials to an arbitrary host.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.