What is CVE-2020-28901?

CVE-2020-28901 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-28901?

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

RCE in Nagios Fusion

CVE-2020-28901

Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation or Code Execution as root via vectors related to corrupt component installation in cmd_subsys.php.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.091 (94.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Nagios Fusion
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28901?: CVE-2020-28901 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-28901?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.