Service interruption via unbounded chart-point creation
Published Jun 25, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Uncontrolled resource consumption in WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.0 through 2023.1.2 allows remote attackers to interrupt service via HTTP. The unauthenticated TestController Chart action accepts an attacker-controlled pieces count and uses it as the bound for chart-point creation without a limit. Repeated requests with a large count consume CPU until the monitoring web application becomes unavailable; no account or user interaction is required.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled resource consumption in WhatsUp Gold 2023.1.0 through 2023.1.2 allows remote attackers to interrupt service via HTTP. The unauthenticated TestController Chart action accepts an attacker-controlled pieces count and uses it as the bound for chart-point creation without a limit. Repeated requests with a large count consume CPU until the monitoring web application becomes unavailable; no account or user interaction is required.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-5011
- Published
- Jun 25, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Progress Software Corporation
- Product
- WhatsUp Gold
- Classifications
- CWE-400, CAPEC-227, T1499.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2023.1.0 <2023.1.3
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Cisco Talos chart resource-exhaustion PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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