Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Nagios XI - #VU25600
Published: February 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25600
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in in highcharts local exporting tool. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected application and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Nagios XI
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Nagios XI - update to 5.6.11