SB2019052228 - SQL injection in Nagios XI

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12279)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because the issue does not seem to be a legitimate SQL Injection. The POC does not show any valid injection that can be done with the variable provided, and while the username value being passed does get used in a SQL query, it is passed through SQL escaping functions when creating the call. The vendor tried re-creating the issue with no luck. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446
• https://github.com/JameelNabbo/exploits/blob/master/nagiosxi%20username%20sql%20injection.txt