CVE-2024-6670 Ransomware

CISA description

Progress WhatsUp Gold contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the user's encrypted password if the application is configured with only a single user.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes & references

• https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2024
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6670

Where this lands in 800-53

Vulnerability data triggers these controls during assessment and continuous monitoring.

• RA-5 · Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
• SI-2 · Flaw Remediation
• CM-6 · Configuration Settings
• SI-7 · Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
• CM-8 · System Component Inventory

External lookups

• NVD · CVE-2024-6670
• CVE.org · CVE-2024-6670
• CISA KEV catalog (canonical)