Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU53515

Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Nagios Fusion and Nagios XI - CVE-2020-28900

Published: May 25, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU53515

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28900

CWE-ID: CWE-345

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient verification of data authenticity within the upgrade_to_latest.sh. A remote authenticated attacker can gain elevated privileges on the system.

Affected software

Nagios Fusion
Nagios XI

How to mitigate CVE-2020-28900

Install updates from vendor's website.

Nagios Fusion - update to 4.1.9
Nagios XI - update to 5.8.0

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