# CVE-2022-42711: In Progress WhatsUp Gold before 22.1.0, an SNMP MIB Walker application endpoint failed to adequately sanitize malicious input.

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-10-12 · Updated: 2025-05-15

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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