Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-8736

Public exploit exists!
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an attacker to leverage an RCE vulnerability escalating to root.
Published 2018-04-18 00:29:00
Updated 2019-10-03 00:03:26
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2018-8736

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-8736

EPSS FAQ
22.23%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 97 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2018-8736

  • Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution
    Disclosure Date: 2018-04-17
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/linux/http/nagios_xi_chained_rce_2_electric_boogaloo
    This module exploits a few different vulnerabilities in Nagios XI 5.2.6-5.4.12 to gain remote root access. The steps are: 1. Issue a POST request to /nagiosql/admin/settings.php which sets the database user to root. 2. SQLi on /nagiosql/admin/helpedit.php allows

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-8736

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.0
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.0
10.0
 NIST
8.8
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
 NIST

References for CVE-2018-8736

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