PT-2018-18606 · Nagios · Nagios Xi

Published 2018-04-18 · Updated 2025-08-03 · CVE-2018-8734

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 A SQL injection issue exists in the core config manager, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the selInfoKey1 parameter.

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-2018-8734

Affected Products

Nagios Xi

References · 10

• 🔥 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://exploit-db.com/exploits/44969 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8734 · Security Note
• https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT · Vendor Advisory
• https://nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f · Note