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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-4885-progress-whatsup-gold-path-traversal-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-03. Updated: 2026-05-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-4885 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-03-03

Progress WhatsUp Gold contains a path traversal vulnerability in the WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands with iisapppool\nmconsole privileges.

Technologies: [Progress WhatsUp Gold](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/whatsup-gold). Vendors: [Progress](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/progress).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-4885 exploited in the wild?** Yes. CVE-2024-4885 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 3 March 2025. Treat it as urgent.

**How severe is CVE-2024-4885?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 3 March 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold versions before 2023.1.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-4885?** A patch was published on 2024-06-25: Vulnerability addressed in version 2023.1.3 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2024-4885 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-4885?** Check whether you run Progress WhatsUp Gold. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold versions before 2023.1.3

## Timeline

- 2024-06-25: disclosed: Initial disclosure by Progress Software Corporation
- 2024-06-25: patched: Vulnerability addressed in version 2023.1.3
- 2025-03-03: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog
- 2025-03-03: exploited: Confirmed exploitation in the wild per CISA KEV entry

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