CVE-2024-5009

highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.174 · 97 %ileexploit · PoCEUNLUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

17.4% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 8.4 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · ncsc_nl · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an Improper Access Control vulnerability in Wug.UI.Controllers.InstallController.SetAdminPassword allows local attackers to modify admin's password.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.5 · impact 5.9

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@progress.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 5.9

v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-269US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

sinsinology/CVE-2024-5009Exploit for CVE-2024-5009PoC · poc_in_github
th3gokul/CVE-2024-5009CVE-2024-5009 : WhatsUp Gold SetAdminPassword Privilege EscalationPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold2023.1.0 → 2023.1.3enisa_euvdEU
whatsup_goldall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:progress_software_corporation:whatsup_gold:2023.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress whatsup gold< 23.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:progress:whatsup_gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0268Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Progress WhatsUp GoldNL2024-06-26csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Progress heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in WhatsUp Gold.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd ncsc_nl nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-06-25modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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