Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user with access to discovery functionality to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-78
Nagios XI < 2012R1.6 Auto-Discovery Shell Command Injection
Problem type
Affected products
Nagios
XI
< 2012R1.6 - AFFECTED
References
nagios.com
https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/
vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-auto-discovery-shell-command-injection
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