THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-15710
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-15710

Nagios Xi vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
44.1%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows local authenticated attackers to escalate privileges to root via Autodiscover_new.php.
Affected vendor
Nagios
Affected product
Nagios Xi
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2018-11-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 44.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-15710

  • Confirm whether Nagios Nagios Xi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-15710.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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