CVE-2018-8733
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—💥 Exploit
Authentication bypass vulnerability in the core config manager in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an unauthenticated attacker to make configuration changes and leverage an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 27%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 98
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Módulo de Metasploit (exploit fiable y al alcance de cualquiera) · Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution
- Módulo de Metasploit (exploit fiable y al alcance de cualquiera) · Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · Nagios XI 5.2.6-5.4.12 - Chained Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (2/7/2018)
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · Nagios XI 5.2.6 < 5.2.9 / 5.3 / 5.4 - Chained Remote Root (30/4/2018)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-89
Referencias
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
- https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
- https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
JSON original (NVD)
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