What is CVE-2020-5796?

CVE-2020-5796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-5796?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nagios Xi

CVE-2020-5796

Improper preservation of permissions in Nagios XI 5.7.4 allows a local, low-privileged, authenticated user to weaken the permissions of files, resulting in low-privileged users being able to write to and execute arbitrary PHP code with root privileges.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nagios Nagios_xi — versions 5.7.4
N/a Nagios Xi — versions 5.7.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5796?: CVE-2020-5796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nagios Xi, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-5796?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.