CVE-2018-8733

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Published Apr 18, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 26.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in the core config manager in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an unauthenticated attacker to make configuration changes and leverage an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 26.6% (26.556% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

History

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Subscriptions

Nagios Nagios Xi

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:02 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:02 AM
Reserved: Mar 15, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:05 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 18, 2018, 12:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:05 AM

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