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CVE-2018-8939

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

An SSRF issue was discovered in NmAPI.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 2018 (18.0). Malicious actors can submit specially crafted requests via the NmAPI executable to (1) gain unauthorized access to the WhatsUp Gold system, (2) obtain information about the WhatsUp Gold system, or (3) execute remote commands.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Progress — Whatsup Gold

CWEs

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