What is CVE-2018-17146?

CVE-2018-17146 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-17146?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Nagios Xi

CVE-2018-17146

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Nagios XI before 5.5.4 via the 'name' parameter within the Account Information page. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the auto login admin management page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.036 (88.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Nagios Nagios_xi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17146?: CVE-2018-17146 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-17146?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.