CVE-2019-12279

critical

Description

Nagios XI 5.6.1 allows SQL injection via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because the issue does not seem to be a legitimate SQL Injection. The POC does not show any valid injection that can be done with the variable provided, and while the username value being passed does get used in a SQL query, it is passed through SQL escaping functions when creating the call. The vendor tried re-creating the issue with no luck

References

https://github.com/JameelNabbo/exploits/blob/master/nagiosxi%20username%20sql%20injection.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-22

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0422