OS Command Injection in Nagios XI - CVE-2020-5792
Published: October 21, 2020 / Updated: May 9, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49682
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5792
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote privileged user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with privileges of the web server.
Affected software
Nagios XI
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5792
Install updates from vendor's website.
Nagios XI - update to 5.7.4