CVE-2018-8938 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 2018 (18.0). An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting a specially crafted SNMP MIB file, leading to arbitrary command and code execution on the WhatsUp Gold server. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:progress:whatsup_gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.