CVE-2024-5011
Published: 25 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-5011 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3 contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability, tracked as CWE-400, in the TestController Chart functionality. The issue allows a specially crafted unauthenticated HTTP request to consume excessive resources and produce a denial-of-service condition, reflected in the CVSS 7.5 rating that emphasizes network attack vector, low complexity, and high availability impact.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a single malicious request to the affected endpoint and disrupt service availability without requiring credentials or user interaction.
Progress security bulletins direct customers to upgrade to WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.3 or later, with additional details available in the vendor advisory and the associated Talos vulnerability report.
The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1067 since disclosure, indicating no material rise in observed exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47140
Vulnerability details
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability exists. A specially crafted unauthenticated HTTP request to the TestController Chart functionality can lead to denial of service.
- 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.
Limiting concurrent sessions directly prevents uncontrolled resource consumption by capping the number of active sessions per user or account.
Analysis identifies uncontrolled resource consumption indicative of denial-of-service or abuse attempts.
Contingency plan testing includes resource exhaustion scenarios to verify recovery, making it harder for attackers to sustain exploits that cause uncontrolled consumption.
Updated contingency plans include current procedures to detect, contain, and recover from resource exhaustion, limiting an attacker's ability to sustain impact from uncontrolled consumption.
Alternate site allows resumption of operations if resource exhaustion at the primary site is exploited to cause unavailability.
Alternate telecommunications services enable resumption of essential functions when primary services become unavailable due to uncontrolled resource consumption.
The team can analyze and respond to resource exhaustion incidents, reducing the impact of attacks that exploit uncontrolled consumption weaknesses.
Timely maintenance support and spare parts enable rapid recovery from failures induced by uncontrolled resource consumption, shortening the impact window of denial-of-service attacks.