CVE-2023-40934

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Published Sep 19, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.11.1 and below allows authenticated attackers with privileges to manage host escalations in the Core Configuration Manager to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the host escalation notification settings.

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

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-45473	A SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.11.1 and below allows authenticated attackers with privileges to manage host escalations in the Core Configuration Manager to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the host escalation notification settings.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.4% (2.399% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://outpost24.com/blog/nagios-xi-vulnerabilities/
https://www.nagios.com/products/security/

History

Sep 24, 2024 9:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nagios Nagios Xi

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 19, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:27 AM
Reserved: Aug 22, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:27 AM

NVD Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 19, 2023, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

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