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Critical · 10.0 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2024-1212 EUVD-2024-16979GHSA-8vv7-j7w3-28ww

LoadMaster Pre-Authenticated OS Command Injection

Published Feb 21, 2024 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by ProgressSoftware

Vendor: Progress Software Product: LoadMaster

Description

Unauthenticated remote attackers can access the system through the LoadMaster management interface, enabling arbitrary system command execution.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Progress Software LoadMaster 7.2.48.1 – < 7.2.48.10, 7.2.54.0 – < 7.2.54.8, 7.2.55.0 – < 7.2.59.2 7.2.48.10

Public exploits

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Metasploit 2 modules

GitHub 2 repositories

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Automated scanner template

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