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CVE-2011-2179
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in config.c in config.cgi in (1) Nagios 3.2.3 and (2) Icinga before 1.4.1 allow remote…
Medium4.3EPSS 26.0%
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- redhat
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in config.c in config.cgi in (1) Nagios 3.2.3 and (2) Icinga before 1.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the expand parameter, as demonstrated by an (a) command action or a (b) hosts action.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 26.0% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 20110601 Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Nagios (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- icinga-expand-xss(67797) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 8274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 48087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709871 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=224 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110601 CVE request: XSS in nagios (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-006.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110602 Re: CVE request: XSS in nagios (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://dev.icinga.org/issues/1605 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-1151-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20110601 Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Icinga (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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