PT-2020-16891 · Nagios · Nagios Xi

Published 2020-11-16 · Updated 2020-11-17 · CVE-2020-27988

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.5

Description The issue is related to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Manage Users section, specifically affecting the Username field. This allows for potential malicious script injection.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.7.5, update to version 5.7.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Manage Users section until the update can be applied. Avoid using the Username field in the affected section until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-27988

Affected Products

Nagios Xi

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27988 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/16371 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/5712 · Telegram Post