WhatsUp Gold GetFilterCriteria SQL Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.1, a SQL Injection vulnerability allows an authenticated low-privileged user (at least Report Viewer permissions required) to achieve privilege escalation to the admin account.
- Published
- Dec 2, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.2% · 82th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-89
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Report tools
Action score
36
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · ProgressSoftware
- 8.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| progress | whatsup gold | cpe:2.3:a:progress:whatsup_gold |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- progress whatsup goldbefore 24.0.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ProgressSoftware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold
- 2023.1.0 and later · before 2024.0.1affected · semver
Same product
progress: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2024-4883WhatsUp Gold WriteDataFile Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability58Plan
- CVE-2024-46909WhatsUp Gold WriteDataFile Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability54Plan
- CVE-2024-5010WhatsUp Gold TestController multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities51Plan
- CVE-2004-0798Buffer overflow in the _maincfgret.cgi script for Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 8.03 Hotfix 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary co49Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold | 2024.0.1 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology)Summoning Team (@SummoningTeam)finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-667095 days apartWhatsUp Gold HasErrors SQL Injection Authentication Bypass VulnerabilityKEV97Now
- CVE-2024-469060 days apartWhatsUp Gold GetSqlWhereClause SQL Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability47Plan
- CVE-2024-667195 days apartWhatsUp Gold GetStatisticalMonitorList SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability45Plan
- CVE-2024-469080 days apartWhatsUp Gold GetFilterCriteria SQL Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability36Monitor
- CVE-2024-469050 days apartWhatsUp Gold GetOrderByClause SQL Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability36Monitor
- CVE-2024-667295 days apartWhatsUp Gold getMonitorJoin SQL Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability35Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2024-1210829 days apartWhatsUp Gold - Public API signing key rotation issue40Plan
- CVE-2024-1210629 days apartWhatsUp Gold - LDAP configuration interface leading to allowing attacker to configure LDAP settings without authentication33Monitor
- CVE-2024-776339 days apartWhatsUp Gold getReport Missing Authentication Authentication Bypass Vulnerability30Monitor
- CVE-2025-2572133 days apartWhatsUp Gold NmConfigurationManager.exe database manipulation vulnerability21Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-89 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query( "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");Fixed
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query( "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1", [owner]);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Expanding Control over the Operating System from the DatabaseCAPEC-470Very High
- SQL InjectionCAPEC-66likelihood: High · High
- Blind SQL InjectionCAPEC-7likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-September-2024
- docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-24-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2024.0-Release-Notes.html
- www.progress.com/network-monitoring
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.