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CVE-2023-6365:
WhatsUp Gold vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2023-6365 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1. The vulnerability was disclosed in December 2023 and has been assigned a high severity CVSS score of 7.6 (Progress Community).
Technical details
The vulnerability allows an attacker to craft and store a malicious XSS payload within a device group in WhatsUp Gold. When a WhatsUp Gold user interacts with the crafted payload, the malicious script can be executed (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of other users' browsers who access the affected device group. This could potentially lead to session hijacking, credential theft, or other client-side attacks (Progress Community).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to upgrade to WhatsUp Gold version 2023.1 or later which contains fixes for this vulnerability (Progress Community).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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