CVE-2020-13977
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.9)—
Nagios 4.4.5 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to change the "URL for JSON CGIs" configuration setting, to modify the Alert Histogram and Trends code via crafted versions of the archivejson.cgi, objectjson.cgi, and statusjson.cgi files. NOTE: this vulnerability has been mistakenly associated with CVE-2020-1408.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Base score: 4.9
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.73%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
- Score date: 10/15/2026
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).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-829
References
- https://anhtai.me/nagios-core-4-4-5-url-injection/
- https://github.com/sawolf/nagioscore/tree/url-injection-fix
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P6NHNG2SJAM6DXVTXQH3AOJ4WQVKJUE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H7T6MSDWMBJEVVFSOK7DOYJJWDAFQCEQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JUEIABR4Y6L5J5MZDFWU46ZWXMJO64U3/
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
- https://anhtai.me/nagios-core-4-4-5-url-injection/
- https://github.com/sawolf/nagioscore/tree/url-injection-fix
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P6NHNG2SJAM6DXVTXQH3AOJ4WQVKJUE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H7T6MSDWMBJEVVFSOK7DOYJJWDAFQCEQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JUEIABR4Y6L5J5MZDFWU46ZWXMJO64U3/
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
Raw JSON (NVD)
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