# CVE-2024-6670: WhatsUp Gold - SQLi

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-6670 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-2024-6670

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Progress WhatsUp Gold
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))

## Description

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

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-6670](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6670) is a critical vulnerability in WhatsUp Gold that allows unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection to retrieve encrypted user passwords.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 9th of October 2024.

CrowdSec network data shows that most actors exploiting CVE-2024-6670 rely on broad, untargeted scans with minimal filtering. The activity is largely automated and opportunistic in nature.
Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2024-6670 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2024-6670 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Exploit attempts typically involve requests to URLs containing `/nmconsole/platform/performancemonitorerrors/haserrors`.

## Timeline

- 2024-08-29: CVE Published. CVE-2024-6670 is published to NVD.
- 2024-09-16: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-6670 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2024-10-07: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2024-10-09: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-6670 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-11-23: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-6670 for the first time.

## References

- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2024
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6670.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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