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Nagios XI < 2011R3.0 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 60099
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.Description
The version of Nagios XI hosted on the remote web server fails to properly sanitize input to multiple web pages.- A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the 'view' parameter of the 'perfgraphs/index.php' script.
- A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the 'div' parameter of the 'graphexplorer/visApi.php' script.
- Multiple unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
An attacker can leverage these issues by enticing a user to follow a malicious URL, causing attacker-specified script code to run inside the user's browser in the context of the affected site. Information harvested this way may aid in launching further attacks.
Solution
Upgrade to Nagios XI 2011R3.0 or later.See Also
http://0a29.blogspot.com/2012/06/0a29-12-1-cross-site-scripting.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Jul/11
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-2011.TXT
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 60099
File Name: nagiosxi_2011r3_0.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 7/23/2012
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:nagios:nagios
Required KB Items: www/nagios_xi
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2011
Reference Information
BID: 54262