# CVE-2024-4562: WhatsUp Gold Server-Side Request Forgery Information Disclosure Vulnerability via HttpMonitorSettings

> Authenticated users can exploit an SSRF vulnerability in HTTP monitoring to access internal resources due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q8gh-g2x4-x4cm

## What is CVE-2024-4562?

CVE-2024-4562 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, published on 14 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.2 , 

an SSRF vulnerability exists in Whatsup Gold's 

Issue exists in the HTTP Monitoring functionality.  

Due to the lack of proper authorization, any authenticated user can access the HTTP monitoring functionality, what leads to the Server Side Request Forgery.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4562?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Whatsup Gold.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4562?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4562 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Whatsup Gold

- [CVE-2024-6670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6670/): Progress WhatsUp Gold SQL Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-4885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4885/): Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-46909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46909/): WhatsUp Gold WriteDataFile Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-8785](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8785/): WhatsUp Gold Registry Overwrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7763/): WhatsUp Gold getReport Missing Authentication Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4562 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4562 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, published on 14 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Whatsup Gold. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4562/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4562/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4562
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4562
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4562

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4562/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.