What is CVE-2019-20197?

CVE-2019-20197 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-20197?

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

Is CVE-2019-20197 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Nagios Xi

CVE-2019-20197

In Nagios XI 5.6.9, an authenticated user is able to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the id parameter to schedulereport.php, in the context of the web-server user account.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.224 (97.5th 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 5.6.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20197?: CVE-2019-20197 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-20197?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-20197 known to be exploited?: 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.