PT-2018-18605 · Nagios · Nagios Xi

Published 2018-04-18 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8733

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nagios XI versions 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13

Description The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication in the core config manager, enabling them to make configuration changes. This can also be leveraged to exploit an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability.

Recommendations For Nagios XI versions 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13, update to version 5.4.13 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8733

Affected Products

Nagios Xi

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/nagios_xi_chained_rce_2_electric_boogaloo.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44560 · Exploit
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/xfer0/Nagios-XI-5.2.6-9-5.3-5.4-Chained-Remote-Root-Exploit-Fixed · Exploit, Deleted
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44969 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html · Exploit
• https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8733 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8733 · Security Note
• https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f · Note