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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-42711
CVE-2022-42711:
WhatsUp Gold vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-42711 affects Progress WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 22.1.0. The vulnerability involves an SNMP MIB Walker application endpoint that failed to adequately sanitize malicious input, potentially leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks (NVD, Progress Community).
Technical details
The vulnerability is identified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the SNMP MIB Walker application endpoint of WhatsUp Gold. The core issue stems from inadequate input sanitization in the application endpoint, which could allow malicious input to be processed (Progress Community).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to execute malicious cross-site scripting attacks through the affected SNMP MIB Walker application endpoint (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to upgrade to WhatsUp Gold version 22.1.0 or later to address this vulnerability (Progress Community).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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