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Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-6670 is a critical SQL injection flaw in Progress WhatsUp Gold before 2024.0.0. An unauthenticated attacker can retrieve encrypted user passwords. Because CISA lists it in KEV, organizations should treat exposed WhatsUp Gold systems as urgent remediation targets.
Executive priority
Prioritize immediate remediation. This is critical, remotely reachable, unauthenticated, and listed by CISA as known exploited. The business concern is credential exposure from a network monitoring platform that may have broad operational visibility.
Technical view
The vulnerability is CWE-89 SQL injection in WhatsUp Gold, identified around the HasErrors functionality. The supplied CVSS 3.1 score is 9.8 with network access, low complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction. Sources state affected releases are before 2024.0.0, including 2023.1.0.
Likely exposure
Exposure applies to Progress WhatsUp Gold deployments running 2023.1.0 or other releases before 2024.0.0. Risk is highest where the WhatsUp Gold service is reachable from the internet or untrusted internal networks.
Exploitation context
CISA KEV inclusion supports known exploitation in the wild. The supplied sources do not describe attacker campaigns, exploit tooling, targets, or post-exploitation behavior, so those details should not be assumed.
Researcher notes
Evidence is strong for affected product, severity, CWE, and KEV status. The bundle does not provide exploit mechanics, affected endpoint details beyond the HasErrors naming, patch notes, indicators of compromise, or campaign context.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade WhatsUp Gold to 2024.0.0 or later per Progress guidance.
- Review the Progress August 2024 security bulletin for vendor-specific instructions.
- Restrict WhatsUp Gold access to trusted administration networks.
- Rotate or reset affected credentials if compromise is suspected.
- Monitor for abnormal authentication and account-access activity.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all WhatsUp Gold instances and record exact versions.
- Confirm no production instance is running before 2024.0.0.
- Check whether WhatsUp Gold is reachable from internet or untrusted networks.
- Review logs for suspicious access around authentication or user data.
- Verify compensating access controls until patching is complete.
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- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoringCVE reference · product
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2024CVE reference · vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-6670CVE reference · government-resource
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