#VU37149 Cross-site scripting in Nagios XI - CVE-2018-10554

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#VU37149 Cross-site scripting in Nagios XI - CVE-2018-10554

Published: April 30, 2018 / Updated: September 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37149
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10554
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Nagios XI
Software vendor:
nagios.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via the hour, minute, or ampm parameter, related to components/scheduledreporting; (2) includes/components/xicore/downtime.php, related to the update_pages function; (3) the ajaxhelper.php opts or background parameter; (4) the i[] array parameter to ajax_handler.php; or (5) the deploynotification.php title parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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