Medium severity · published Dec 17, 2018
CVE-2018-18245
Nagios Core 4.4.2 has XSS via the alert summary reports of plugin results, as demonstrated by a SCRIPT element delivered by a modified check_load plugin to NRPE
5.4
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nagios Core 4.4.2 has XSS via the alert summary reports of plugin results, as demonstrated by a SCRIPT element delivered by a modified check_load plugin to NRPE.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
NC
Nagios Core · Nagios
4.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18245
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18245
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00022.html
Exploit
https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180026.txt
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.html
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