Vulnerability in Nagios Xi

CVE-2020-15903

An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.055 (92.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-15903: rose from 0.048 to 0.055.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.055 · change: +0.008

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15903?
CVE-2020-15903 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-15903?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-15903 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.