CVE•Published 2026-08-12•Modified 2026-09-02•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-65940Progress · Whatsup_gold
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
6.8
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
11
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 89% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-09-02
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.
Shodan · vuln tag
vuln:CVE-2026-65940Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Progress Whatsup Gold"All exposed Progress Whatsup Gold instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Whatsup Gold"HTTP body or banner mentions "Whatsup Gold" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-65940Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-65940Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-65940Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-65940GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-65940" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-65940 on GitHub.
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