CVE-2024-46908 WhatsUp Gold GetFilterCriteria SQL Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An authenticated low-privileged user can exploit SQL injection to escalate privileges to admin in WhatsUp Gold.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-46908?
CVE-2024-46908 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, published on 2 Dec 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46908?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Progress Whatsup Gold.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46908?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-46908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-46908 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46908 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Progress Whatsup Gold
- CVE-2024-6670 Progress WhatsUp Gold SQL Injection
- CVE-2024-4885 Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal
- CVE-2024-46909 WhatsUp Gold WriteDataFile Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-8785 WhatsUp Gold Registry Overwrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-7763 WhatsUp Gold getReport Missing Authentication Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r39w-239v-ph4m.