What is CVE-2020-6586?

CVE-2020-6586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-6586?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Nagios

CVE-2020-6586

Nagios Log Server 2.1.3 allows XSS by visiting /profile and entering a crafted name field that is mishandled on the /admin/users page. Any malicious user with limited access can store an XSS payload in his Name. When any admin views this, the XSS is triggered.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.273 (97.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Nagios — versions 2.1.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6586?: CVE-2020-6586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-6586?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.