Vulnerability · Published May 24, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-28900

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.1% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)3.1%top 12.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier and Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier allows for Escalation of Privileges or Code Execution as root via vectors related to an untrusted update package to upgrade_to_latest.sh.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ x_refsource_MISC
https://skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you/ x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC