OS Command Injection in Nagios XI - CVE-2019-20197

 

OS Command Injection in Nagios XI - CVE-2019-20197

Published: January 2, 2020 / Updated: January 30, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23882
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20197
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nagios.org
Affected software:
Nagios XI

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system via shell metacharacters in the "id" parameter to "schedulereport.php".

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-20197

Install update from vendor's website.

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