Nagios XI < 2009R1.3C Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8362

Synopsis

A vulnerable version of Nagios XI has been detected.

Description

Versions of Nagios XI prior to 2009R1.3C are affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities due to the 'grab_request_var()' function's failure to properly sanitize user input. This affects multiple parameters on the 'admin/users.php' page. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by tricking a user into requesting a maliciously crafted URL, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to Nagios 2009R1.3C or later.

See Also

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-115/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 8362

Family: CGI

Published: 8/22/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 49776

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nagios:nagios_xi

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2010

Reference Information

BID: 43294