CVE-2024-4885
CVE-2024-4885 is a security flaw in Progress WhatsUp Gold. Attackers can run their own code on Progress WhatsUp Gold from anywhere, without logging in. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 3 Mar 2025.[1]
Progress WhatsUp Gold is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. Fixed in version 2023.1.3.
Description
CISA calls it a path traversal in Progress WhatsUp Gold. In its words: “Progress WhatsUp Gold contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.”[1]
The CVE record adds: “In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Progress WhatsUpGold. The WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip allows execution of commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.”[2]
The underlying weakness is path traversal (CWE-22), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.
It scores 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it critical, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record lists these fixed versions: in each line, everything before the version shown is affected.[2]
| Product | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| WhatsUp Gold | 2023.1.3 |
| whatsup_gold | 2023.1.3 |
Most families won’t have Progress WhatsUp Gold; it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 3 Mar 2025, 251 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 24 Mar 2025 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 99%. That’s in the top 1% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as automatable: attackers can run it against many targets at once.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Progress has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Check whether you use it.Progress WhatsUp Gold is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
- Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed (fixed in version 2023.1.3), or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 24 Mar 2025 to fix it.
- If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.
You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 9.8.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 99%.[4] |
See also
Other Progress WhatsUp Gold flaws
- CVE-2024-6670: SQL injection ·
Other Progress flaws
- CVE-2026-8037, Progress LoadMaster: command injection ·
- CVE-2024-1212, Progress Kemp LoadMaster: OS command injection ·
- CVE-2024-4358, Progress Telerik Report Server: authentication bypass by spoofing ·
- CVE-2023-40044, Progress WS_FTP Server: deserialization of untrusted data ·
- CVE-2023-34362, Progress MOVEit Transfer: SQL injection ·
Other path traversal flaws
- CVE-2025-61624, Fortinet products: path traversal ·
- CVE-2021-3199, ONLYOFFICE Docs: server path traversal ·
- CVE-2026-104286, Fortinet FortiMail: path traversal ·
- CVE-2026-93616, Check Point products: path traversal ·
- CVE-2026-66384, JFrog Artifactory: improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2023-20118, Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers: command injection ·
- CVE-2022-43939, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: pentaho BA server authorization bypass ·
- CVE-2022-43769, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: pentaho BA server special element injection ·
- CVE-2018-8639, Microsoft Windows: win32k improper resource shutdown or release ·
Every Progress flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in March 2025
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 3 Mar 2025.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-4885 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 25 Jun 2024.
- ^ Progress. Advisories and fixes: community.progress.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.993, percentile 99.9, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-4885”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.