Deserialization of Untrusted Data in WhatsUp Gold - CVE-2024-5016
Published: August 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95436
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5016
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Progress Software Corporation
Affected software:
WhatsUp Gold
WhatsUp Gold
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the implementation of OnMessage method. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-5016
Install updates from vendor's website.