What is CVE-2019-12279?

CVE-2019-12279 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-12279?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-12279 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Nagios Xi

CVE-2019-12279

Nagios XI 5.6.1 allows SQL injection via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because the issue does not seem to be a legitimate SQL Injection. The POC does not show any valid injection that can be done with the variable provided, and while the username value being passed does get used in a SQL query, it is passed through SQL escaping functions when creating the call. The vendor tried re-creating the issue with no luck

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.042 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nagios Nagios_xi — versions 5.6.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12279?: CVE-2019-12279 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-12279?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-12279 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.