Check Point Advisories

Progress WhatsUp Gold Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2024-5016)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-0942
Date Published:	14 Oct 2024
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 14 October, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-5016
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Progress WhatsUp Gold prior to 23.1.0 Progress WhatsUp Gold 23.1.0
Vulnerability Description	An insecure deserialization vulnerability exists in Progress WhatsUp Gold. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Progress WhatsUp Gold Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2024-5016) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Progress WhatsUp Gold Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2024-5016)