vulnerability
Progress WhatsUp Gold: CVE-2024-8785: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 2, 2024 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 2, 2024
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.1, a remote unauthenticated attacker could leverage NmAPI.exe to create or change an existing registry value in registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Ipswitch\.
Solution
progress-whatsup-gold-upgrade-latest
References
- CWE-648
- CVE-2024-8785
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-8785
- URL-https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-September-2024
- URL-https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-24-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2024.0-Release-Notes.html
- URL-https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
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