Path traversal in Nagios XI - CVE-2018-10553
Published: April 30, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37148
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10553
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nagios.org
Affected software:
Nagios XI
Nagios XI
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI 5.4.13. A registered user is able to use directory traversal to read local files, as demonstrated by URIs beginning with index.php?xiwindow=./ and config/?xiwindow=../ substrings.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10553
Install update from vendor's website.