CVE•Published 2026-08-12•Modified 2026-09-02•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-65941Progress · Whatsup_gold
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
36
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 64% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, an unauthenticated remote attacker with network access to the affected service can execute arbitrary code in the context of the IIS application service account.
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).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-65941Hosts 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-2026-65941Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-65941Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-65941Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-65941GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-65941" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-65941 on GitHub.