CVE-2024-6671
Published: 29 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-6671 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-6671 is a SQL injection vulnerability affecting WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 2024.0.0. When the application is deployed with only a single configured user account, the flaw permits direct injection into backend database queries, enabling retrieval of the user's encrypted password without authentication.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network by submitting crafted input that bypasses normal access controls. Successful exploitation yields the encrypted password, which can then be used to obtain administrative access and fully compromise the monitoring instance given the CVSS vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
The Progress security bulletin recommends upgrading to WhatsUp Gold 2024.0.0 or later to eliminate the vulnerable code path; organizations unable to upgrade immediately should ensure multiple user accounts are configured to remove the single-user precondition that enables the injection. The EPSS score has remained stable at its current peak of 0.7618 with no material post-disclosure increase observed.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47722
Vulnerability details
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.0, if the application is configured with only a single user, a SQL Injection vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the users encrypted password.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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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.