CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-40344
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-26
- 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])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI 5.8.5. In the Custom Includes section of the Admin panel, an administrator can upload files with arbitrary extensions as long as the MIME type corresponds to an image. Therefore it is possible to upload a crafted PHP script to achieve remote command execution.
Affected configurations
• nagios nagios xi 5.8.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://synacktiv.com Not Applicable
- https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2021-10/Nagios_XI_multiple_vulnerabilities_0.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://synacktiv.com Not Applicable
- https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2021-10/Nagios_XI_multiple_vulnerabilities_0.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory