CVE-2024-12106Network attack vector

Unauthenticated LDAP configuration via unprotected API endpoint

Published Dec 31, 2024 · Updated Jan 4, 2025

Missing authentication in the APIEndpoint module of Progress WhatsUp Gold before 2024.0.2 allows remote attackers to alter LDAP settings. The public CNA record identifies the LDAP configuration interface but does not disclose the endpoint, request fields, or omitted authentication check. No credentials or user interaction are required, and the record does not further bound the consequences of changing the directory configuration.

CVSS severity9.4
Critical
EPSS probability9.68%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Missing authentication in the APIEndpoint module of Progress WhatsUp Gold before 2024.0.2 allows remote attackers to alter LDAP settings. The public CNA record identifies the LDAP configuration interface but does not disclose the endpoint, request fields, or omitted authentication check. No credentials or user interaction are required, and the record does not further bound the consequences of changing the directory configuration.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-12106
Published
Dec 31, 2024
Updated
Jan 4, 2025
Vendor
Progress Software Corporation
Product
WhatsUp Gold
Classifications
CWE-306, CAPEC-115
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 31, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=2023.1.0 <2024.0.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Progress Software Corporation · WhatsUp Goldversion=2023.1.0 <2024.0.2

Published CVSS scores

7.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
9.4Progress Software CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function
CAPEC-115Authentication Bypass

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