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CVE-2024-4885: WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 99/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Mar 3, 2025). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Mar 24, 2025.
A ready-made attack module is public (Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 99.2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
Fixed version: Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.3.

Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.3 or later.

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Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

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.

BDU:2024-05764

Published: Jun 25, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 99.2% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 30 / 30 · 99.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 9.8
CNA · ProgressSoftware: 9.8; agree

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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 3, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Mar 24, 2025.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
progress	whatsup gold	cpe:2.3:a:progress:whatsup_gold

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 2023.1.3affected · semver

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

progress whatsup goldbefore 23.1.3

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-4883Jun 25, 2024 · WhatsUp Gold WriteDataFile Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
58Plan
← EarlierCVE-2024-4884Jun 25, 2024 · WhatsUp Gold CommunityController Unrestricted File Upload Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
46Plan
Later →CVE-2024-5008Jun 25, 2024 · WhatsUp Gold APM Unrestricted File Upload Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
40Plan

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	2023.1.3	Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

Nuclei detection template ×1
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Nuclei detection template	Nuclei template CVE-2024-4885	—
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:17	2024-07-08

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedJun 25, 2024
First PoCJul 8, 2024+12 d
CISA KEVMar 3, 2025+250 d
TodayNov 14, 2026+871 d

Credits

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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-2024-12105189 days apartWhatsUp Gold - SnmpExtendedActiveMonitor path traversal
39Monitor
CVE-2024-50180 days apartWhatsUp Gold LoadUsingBasePath Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability
30Monitor
CVE-2024-50190 days apartWhatsUp Gold LoadCSSUsingBasePath Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability
30Monitor
CVE-2024-50170 days apartWhatsUp Gold AppProfileImport path traversal vulnerability
26Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
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: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

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Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (1)

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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References

community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024

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Data sources and verification

CNA: ProgressSoftware

CVE.org (CNA)Oct 21, 2025, 10:56 PM UTC
CISA ADPOct 21, 2025, 10:56 PM UTC
NVDJun 17, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC
FIRST EPSSNov 8, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
NucleiNov 13, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
PoC-in-GitHubNov 13, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

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