What is CVE-2020-28904?

CVE-2020-28904 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-28904?

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

Privilege escalation in Nagios Fusion

CVE-2020-28904

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows for Privilege Escalation as nagios via installation of a malicious component containing PHP code.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.036 (88.0th 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-269 — Improper Privilege Management

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-2020-28904?: CVE-2020-28904 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios Fusion, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-28904?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.