CVE-2023-40933 SQL injection in n/a

What is CVE-2023-40933?

CVE-2023-40933 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 19 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios XI v5.11.1 and below allows authenticated attackers with announcement banner configuration privileges to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ID parameter sent to the update_banner_message() function.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40933?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nagios Nagios Xi.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40933?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2023-40933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Nagios Nagios Xi

• CVE-2021-25296 Nagios XI OS Command Injection Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-25297 Nagios XI OS Command Injection Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-25298 Nagios XI OS Command Injection Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-15949 Nagios XI Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2024-24401 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Nagios Nagios Xi vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cjgm-hvq2-3rwh.