CVE-2024-5009

HIGH

WhatsUp Gold < 23.1.3 - Improper Access Control in InstallController.SetAdminPassword

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2024-5009. PoCs published by sinsinology, th3gokul.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2024-5009, which allows privilege escalation in Progress WhatsUp Gold by changing the administrator password via an unauthenticated HTTP POST request to the SetAdminPassword endpoint.

Description

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.

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC 13 stars
by sinsinology · poc
https://github.com/sinsinology/CVE-2024-5009

The repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2024-5009, which allows privilege escalation in Progress WhatsUp Gold by changing the administrator password via an unauthenticated HTTP POST request to the SetAdminPassword endpoint.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Progress WhatsUp Gold
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target WhatsUp Gold instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 6 stars
by th3gokul · poc
https://github.com/th3gokul/CVE-2024-5009

The repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2024-5009, a privilege escalation vulnerability in WhatsUp Gold. The exploit sends a crafted POST request to the SetAdminPassword endpoint to change the admin password, demonstrating the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WhatsUp Gold
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target WhatsUp Gold instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.1503
EPSS Percentile 96.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
progress/whatsup_gold < 23.1.3
Published Jun 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026