SB2024053152 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Progress Software WhatsUp Gold

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4561)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the FaviconController class. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

2) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4562)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/Announcing-WhatsUp-Gold-v2023-1-2
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-517/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-516/