CVE-2021-40345

high-risk
Published 2021-10-26

An issue was discovered in Nagios XI 5.8.5. In the Manage Dashlets section of the Admin panel, an administrator can upload ZIP files. A command injection (within the name of the first file in the archive) allows an attacker to execute system commands.

Do I need to act?

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74.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 25% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.2/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Nagios

References (8)

Release Notes https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
Exploit https://github.com/ArianeBlow/NagiosXI-EmersonFI/blob/main/README.md
Not Applicable https://synacktiv.com
Exploit https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2021-10/Nagios_XI_multiple_vulnera...
Release Notes https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
Exploit https://github.com/ArianeBlow/NagiosXI-EmersonFI/blob/main/README.md
Not Applicable https://synacktiv.com
Exploit https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2021-10/Nagios_XI_multiple_vulnera...
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high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal