#VU27087 Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist in Nagios XI
Published: April 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27087
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-942
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Nagios XI
Nagios XI
Software vendor:
nagios.org
nagios.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restriction.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure CORS policy that allows a remote attacker to send HTTP requests from arbitrary domain name within the API. A remote non-authenticated attacker can bypass browser security restrictions and send requests to the API endpoints on behalf of the victim.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.