# CVE-2023-51072: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Low-privileged users can execute arbitrary JavaScript on other users' sessions via stored XSS in the NOC component's audio upload feature.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/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:** 2 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fg4q-4pq7-35p9

## What is CVE-2023-51072?

CVE-2023-51072 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 2 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the NOC component of Nagios XI version up to and including 2024R1 allows low-privileged users to execute malicious HTML or JavaScript code via the audio file upload functionality from the Operation Center section. This allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on behalf of other users, including the administrators.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51072?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nagios Nagios Xi.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-51072?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-51072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51072 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-2023-51072 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-51072 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi, published on 2 Feb 2024. 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-2023-51072 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-2023-51072/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51072/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51072
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51072
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-51072

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51072/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.