CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-5791
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-10-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute operating system commands with the privileges of the apache user.
Affected configurations
• nagios nagios xi (>= 5.6.0 <= 5.7.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159743/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Command-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162235/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-58 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159743/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Command-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162235/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-58 Exploit, Third Party Advisory