CVE-2024-5018 WhatsUp Gold LoadUsingBasePath Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files from the web-root directory via a path traversal vulnerability in WhatsUp Gold.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5018?
CVE-2024-5018 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Progress Whatsup Gold, published on 25 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Path Traversal vulnerability exists Wug.UI.Areas.Wug.Controllers.SessionController.LoadNMScript. This allows allows reading of any file from the applications web-root directory .
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5018?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Progress Whatsup Gold.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5018?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5018 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-5018 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5018 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-jpqc-c443-hw5c.