CVE-2022-42711 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Progress WhatsUp Gold before 22.1.0, an SNMP MIB Walker application endpoint failed to adequately sanitize malicious input. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in a victim's browser.

Published: 2022-10-12

Score: 9.6 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:progress:whatsup_gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45777	In Progress WhatsUp Gold before 22.1.0, an SNMP MIB Walker application endpoint failed to adequately sanitize malicious input. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in a victim's browser.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00516.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-Alert-Bulletin-October-2022
https://www.progress.com/
https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring

History

Thu, 15 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Progress Whatsup Gold

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T18:01:45.530Z

Reserved: 2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42711

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:41.379Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-12T01:15:11.177

Modified: 2025-05-15T18:15:32.393

Link: CVE-2022-42711

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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