CVE-2024-4885
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold. The WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.
do firstApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Can a WAF block it? Yes. Path traversal sends `../` sequences in the request, which WAF rules catch, including the common encodings. Cloudflare also publishes a rule written for this CVE.
Cloudflare · 1 rule (Block) · since 2 Apr 2025
- Progress Software WhatsUp Gold - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-4885 · Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
Also consider: canonical path validation
Based on WAF vendor rules published for this CVE. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2024-4885 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-4885 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2024-4885?
CVE-2024-4885 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2024-4885?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2024-4885. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2024-4885 affect?
CVE-2024-4885 affects progress:whatsup_gold. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
- affected>= 2023.1.0 and < 2023.1.3
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
public exploits
Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 GitHub proof of concept · 1 Nuclei template
- Progress Software WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Directory Traversal - Remote Code Execution · detection template · critical
- sinsinology/CVE-2024-4885 · 17 ★
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- yes
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 3 Mar 2025 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 25 Jun 2024Published
- 8 Jul 2024First proof-of-concept repository on GitHub (unvetted) · 12 days later
- 3 Mar 2025Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild) · 238 days (about 8 months) later
- 3 Mar 2025CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · 1 day later
- 24 Mar 2025CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 20 days later
- 21 Oct 2025CVE record last updated · 212 days (about 7 months) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 377 days (about 1 year) later
- Advisorycommunity.progress.com /s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024
- Linkprogress.com /network-monitoring
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4885
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Nuclei templates: detection templates
- PoC-in-GitHub: GitHub repositories that claim a proof of concept
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.