What is CVE-2018-16146?

CVE-2018-16146 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opsview, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-16146?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Opsview

CVE-2018-16146

The web management console of Opsview Monitor 5.4.x before 5.4.2 provides functionality accessible by an authenticated administrator to test notifications that are triggered under certain configurable events. The value parameter is not properly sanitized, leading to arbitrary command injection with the privileges of the nagios user account.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.062 (92.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Opsview
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16146?: CVE-2018-16146 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opsview, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-16146?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.