# CVE-2018-10554: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Nagios XI allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via CSRF, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wr87-h6xv-8g7x

## What is CVE-2018-10554?

CVE-2018-10554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 30 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Nagios XI 5.4.13. There is XSS exploitable via CSRF in (1) the Schedule New Report screen via the hour, minute, or ampm parameter, related to components/scheduledreporting; (2) includes/components/xicore/downtime.php, related to the update_pages function; (3) the ajaxhelper.php opts or background parameter; (4) the i[] array parameter to ajax_handler.php; or (5) the deploynotification.php title parameter.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10554?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nagios Nagios Xi.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nagios Nagios Xi

- [CVE-2021-25296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25296/): Nagios XI OS Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-25297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25297/): Nagios XI OS Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-25298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25298/): Nagios XI OS Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-15949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15949/): Nagios XI Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-24401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24401/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-10554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 30 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nagios Nagios Xi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10554

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