CVE-2018-15708 Command injection in Nagios XI

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Remote unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Nagios XI servers via crafted HTTP requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-15708?

CVE-2018-15708 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 14 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Snoopy 1.0 in Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted HTTP request.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15708?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nagios Nagios Xi.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15708 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-2018-15708 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-15708 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 2 Exploit-DB entries and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Nagios Nagios Xi vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mxhr-3xg4-5hx7.

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