SSRF in WhatsUp Gold HTTP Monitoring before 2023.1.2
CVE-2024-4562 Published on May 14, 2024
WhatsUp Gold Server-Side Request Forgery Information Disclosure Vulnerability via HttpMonitorSettings
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.2 ,
an SSRF vulnerability exists in Whatsup Gold's
Issue exists in the HTTP Monitoring functionality.
Due to the lack of proper authorization, any authenticated user can access the HTTP monitoring functionality, what leads to the Server Side Request Forgery.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-4562 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a SSRF Vulnerability?
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. By providing URLs to unexpected hosts or ports, attackers can make it appear that the server is sending the request, possibly bypassing access controls such as firewalls that prevent the attackers from accessing the URLs directly. The server can be used as a proxy to conduct port scanning of hosts in internal networks, use other URLs such as that can access documents on the system (using file://), or use other protocols such as gopher:// or tftp://, which may provide greater control over the contents of requests.
CVE-2024-4562 has been classified to as a SSRF vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-4562
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Affected Versions
Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold:- Version 2023.1.0 and below 2023.1.2 is affected.
- Version 2023.1.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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