CVE-2018-8733
Authentication bypass vulnerability in the core config manager in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an unauthenticated…
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Description
Authentication bypass vulnerability in the core config manager in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an unauthenticated attacker to make configuration changes and leverage an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/nagios_xi_chained_rce_2_electric_boogalooRank manualdisclosed 17 Apr 2018
- Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/nagios_xi_chained_rceRank excellentdisclosed 6 Mar 2016
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Nagios XI 5.2.6-5.4.12 - Chained Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44969remote, linuxpublished 2 Jul 2018Verified
- Nagios XI 5.2.6 < 5.2.9 / 5.3 / 5.4 - Chained Remote Root (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44560webapps, phppublished 30 Apr 2018Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 44560 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 44969 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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 | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 26.6% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44560 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44969 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-20343 (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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