CVE-2020-5791 Command injection in Nagios XI
Remote authenticated admins can execute OS commands via improper neutralization in Nagios XI, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2020-5791?
CVE-2020-5791 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 20 Oct 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute operating system commands with the privileges of the apache user.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5791?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nagios Nagios Xi.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5791?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5791 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-2020-5791 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-5791 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Nagios Nagios Xi
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2j39-6c38-r3mx.