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CVE-2020-10819:
Nagios XI vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Nagios XI 5.6.11 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that affects the includes/components/ldap_ad_integration/ username parameter. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in March 2020 (NVD, MITRE).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The CVSS v2.0 Base Score is 3.5 (LOW) with vector (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows attackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks through the username parameter in the LDAP/AD integration component. This could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary web scripts or HTML in the context of other users' sessions (Code610 Blog).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than Nagios XI 5.6.11 that contains fixes for this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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