THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-20139
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2019-20139

Nagios Xi vulnerability

CVSS
5.4
EPSS
26.1%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
In Nagios XI 5.6.9, XSS exists via the nocscreenapi.php host, hostgroup, or servicegroup parameter, or the schedulereport.php hour or frequency parameter. Any authenticated user can attack the admin user.
Affected vendor
Nagios
Affected product
Nagios Xi
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2019-12-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 26.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-20139

  • Confirm whether Nagios Nagios Xi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-20139.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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