Mitigating the Latest Vulnerability (CVE-2024-5008) in Progress WhatsUp Gold


The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Progress WhatsUp Gold, assessed its impact and developed mitigation measures.

WhatsUp Gold is a software that monitors every connected device in the network, providing visibility into the IT infrastructure. It also has the functionality to swiftly pinpoint and resolve issues in the infrastructure by utilizing its intuitive workflows and system integrations. Identified as CVE-2024-5008, WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 2023.1.3 allow an authenticated threat actor with the Application Monitoring (APM) privilege to upload an arbitrary file, which can further lead to remote code execution, earning a high CVSS score of 8.8.

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