THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-40934
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-40934

Nagios Xi vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.11.1 and below allows authenticated attackers with privileges to manage host escalations in the Core Configuration Manager to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the host escalation notification settings.
Affected vendor
Nagios
Affected product
Nagios Xi
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-09-19

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-40934

  • Confirm whether Nagios Nagios Xi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-40934.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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