What is CVE-2020-5790?

CVE-2020-5790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-10-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-5790?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-5790 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Nagios Xi

CVE-2020-5790

Cross-site request forgery in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote attacker to perform sensitive application actions by tricking legitimate users into clicking a crafted link.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Nagios Nagios_xi — versions 5.7.3
N/a Nagios Xi — versions 5.7.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5790?: CVE-2020-5790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-10-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-5790?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5790 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.