Security Resilience

CVE-2024-12106

Access Control in Progress Whatsup Gold 23.1.0 – 24.0.2

Access Control
Published
31 December 2024
Modified
06 January 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.095 95th percentile
Risk Priority 85 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-12106 is a critical-severity Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306) vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold. Its CVSS base score is 9.4 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique System Service Discovery (T1007); ranked in the top 5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-14 (Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication) and IA-2 (Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-12106 affects WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 2024.0.2 and stems from missing authentication for a critical function (CWE-306). The flaw permits remote, unauthenticated configuration of LDAP settings, rated 9.4 under CVSS 3.1 with network attack vector, low complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction.

An unauthenticated attacker reachable over the network can alter LDAP configuration parameters. Successful exploitation can result in high impact to confidentiality and integrity plus limited availability consequences, most likely by redirecting authentication traffic or weakening directory integration controls.

The sole reference points to the Progress Software product page for WhatsUp Gold. Mitigation therefore consists of upgrading to version 2024.0.2 or later, which restores proper authentication requirements around LDAP settings.

The associated EPSS score sits at 0.3266, indicating material exploitation likelihood without evidence of a post-disclosure climb from a lower baseline.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A07:2025 Authentication Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.2, an unauthenticated attacker can configure LDAP settings.

CWE(s)
CWE-306

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1007 System Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.
attack.mitre.org →
T1010 Application Window Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows.
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T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems.
attack.mitre.org →
T1027.004 Compile After Delivery Stealth
Adversaries may attempt to make payloads difficult to discover and analyze by delivering files to victims as uncompiled code.
attack.mitre.org →
T1027.006 HTML Smuggling Stealth
Adversaries may smuggle data and files past content filters by hiding malicious payloads inside of seemingly benign HTML files.
attack.mitre.org →
T1027.007 Dynamic API Resolution Stealth
Adversaries may obfuscate then dynamically resolve API functions called by their malware in order to conceal malicious functionalities and impair defensive analysis.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

progress
whatsup gold
23.1.0 — 24.0.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 6 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V6.2.3
  • V6.4.4
  • V10.4.16
  • V12.1.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) good match

Directly mandates unique identification and authentication of users before access to functions requiring identity.

IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-organizational Users) good match

Extends the same authentication requirement to non-organizational users accessing critical functionality.

IA-9 Service Identification and Authentication good match

Requires authentication of services before they can invoke or expose critical functions.

AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication good match

Explicitly identifies and limits actions permitted without authentication, preventing critical functions from being exposed.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Access enforcement requires prior authentication before any authorization decision for critical functions.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-01 partial match
blocks

Managing identities and credentials is a prerequisite for authentication but does not itself enforce it on critical functions.

PR.AA-03 partial match
blocks

Directly requires authentication of users/services/hardware, which eliminates missing authentication for critical functions.

PR.AA-05 partial match
blocks

Defining and enforcing authorizations assumes prior authentication and therefore only partially mitigates the absence of authentication.

PR.IR-01 partial match
blocks

Protecting networks from unauthorized access can be undermined by missing authentication but does not address the root authentication gap.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.5.8 Information security in project management partial match
blocks

Mandating authentication requirements for critical functions at the requirements-gathering stage ensures that essential operations are not left unprotected by missing login or verification mechanisms.

A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (higher-evidence rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (2 rules)
  • V-248585 OL 8 must require reauthentication when using the "sudo" command. blocks CWE-306
  • V-248827 OL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. blocks CWE-306
RHEL 7 (2 rules)
  • V-204442 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not have the rsh-server package installed. blocks CWE-306
  • V-237635 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must require re-authentication when using the "sudo" command. blocks CWE-306
RHEL 8 (2 rules)
  • V-230492 RHEL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. blocks CWE-306
  • V-237643 RHEL 8 must require re-authentication when using the "sudo" command. blocks CWE-306

References