CVE-2011-2179

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—💥 Exploit
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in config.c in config.cgi in (1) Nagios 3.2.3 and (2) Icinga before 1.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the expand parameter, as demonstrated by an (a) command action or a (b) hosts action.
CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 26%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 98
Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
Published on Exploit-DB · Nagios 3.2.3 - 'expand' Cross-Site Scripting (6/1/2011)
Affected technologies (2)

Icinga — Icinga Nagios — Nagios
CWEs

CWE-79
References

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