CVE-2024-4884
Published: 25 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-4884 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-4884 is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting Progress WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 2023.1.3. The flaw resides in the CommunityController class within the Apm.UI.Areas.APM.Controllers namespace and permits arbitrary command execution under the iisapppool\nmconsole account. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and is associated with CWE-77, CWE-78, and CWE-94.
An attacker with no credentials or user interaction can send crafted requests over the network to the affected controller, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.
The referenced Progress security bulletin published in June 2024 directs customers to upgrade to WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.3 or later; the bulletin and product pages at community.progress.com and progress.com provide the official remediation guidance.
EPSS scores have reached a peak of 0.5844 with a current value of 0.5549.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-44454
Vulnerability details
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold. The Apm.UI.Areas.APM.Controllers.CommunityController allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.
- 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.
Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.
Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.