CVE-2012-10029 Nagios XI Network Monitor Graph Explorer Component < 1.3 Authenticated Command Injection
An authenticated user can inject system commands via unsanitized parameters in the Graph Explorer component, leading to remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-10029?
CVE-2012-10029 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Nagios XI Graph Explorer, published on 5 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Nagios XI Network Monitor prior to Graph Explorer component version 1.3 contains a command injection vulnerability in `visApi.php`. An authenticated user can inject system commands via unsanitized parameters such as `host`, resulting in remote code execution.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-10029?
How do I fix CVE-2012-10029?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-10029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2012-10029 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-10029 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r46p-cr3r-8h8f.