What is CVE-2013-10073?

CVE-2013-10073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Nagios_xi, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2013-10073?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Nagios Nagios_xi

CVE-2013-10073

Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user wit…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.035 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nagios Nagios_xi — versions 2012
Nagios Xi — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (release-notes, Release Notes, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-10073?: CVE-2013-10073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Nagios_xi, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2013-10073?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.