# CVE-2024-12105: WhatsUp Gold - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-12105 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-12105

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 6.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Progress WhatsUp Gold
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

## Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2024.0.2, an authenticated user can use a specially crafted HTTP request that can lead to information disclosure.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-12105](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12105), a vulnerability in WhatsUp Gold allows an authenticated user to disclose sensitive information.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 5th of March 2025.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-12105 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit WhatsUp Gold by sending specially crafted HTTP requests to the `/nmconsole/api/core/snmpextendedactivemonitor`endpoint, leading to information disclosure.

## Timeline

- 2024-12-31: CVE Published. CVE-2024-12105 is published to NVD.
- 2025-03-05: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-12105 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.

## References

- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2089

## Live exploitation data

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