ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Progress WhatsUp Gold Pre-Auth WriteDataFile Directory Traversal RCE M2 (CVE-2024-4883)


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
content:"WriteDataFile"; fast_pattern;
content:"|2f|WUGDataAccess|2e|"; distance:0;
content:"|2e|";
pcre:"/^.{0,10}(?:\x2f|\x5c|%5[Cc]|%2[Ff])?(?:(?:\x2e|%2[Ee]){1,2}(?:\x2f|\x5c|%5[Cc]|%2[Ff]){1,}){2,}/R";
target:dest_ip;
Raw source ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Progress WhatsUp Gold Pre-Auth WriteDataFile Directory Traversal RCE M2 (CVE-2024-4883) · Suricata
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alert tcp any any -> [$HOME_NET,$HTTP_SERVERS] 9643 (
    msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Progress WhatsUp Gold Pre-Auth WriteDataFile Directory Traversal RCE M2 (CVE-2024-4883)";
    flow:established,to_server;
    content:"WriteDataFile"; fast_pattern;
    content:"|2f|WUGDataAccess|2e|"; distance:0;
    content:"|2e|";
    pcre:"/^.{0,10}(?:\x2f|\x5c|%5[Cc]|%2[Ff])?(?:(?:\x2e|%2[Ee]){1,2}(?:\x2f|\x5c|%5[Cc]|%2[Ff]){1,}){2,}/R";
    reference:url,summoning.team/blog/progress-whatsup-gold-writedatafile-cve-2024-4883-rce/;
    reference:cve,2024-4883;
    classtype:web-application-activity;
    sid:2068883; rev:1;
    metadata:attack_target Server, created_at 2026_04_21, cve CVE_2024_4883, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Exploit, updated_at 2026_04_21, mitre_tactic_id TA0007, mitre_tactic_name Discovery, mitre_technique_id T1083, mitre_technique_name File_And_Directory_Discovery;
    target:dest_ip;
)

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