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$ cve CVE-2019-12279 JSON

CVE-2019-12279 EXPLOIT

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.2% (pctl 91)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Nagios XI 5.6.1 allows SQL injection via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because the issue does not seem to be a legitimate SQL Injection. The POC does not show any valid injection that can be done with the variable provided, and while the username value being passed does get used in a SQL query, it is passed through SQL escaping functions when creating the call. The vendor tried re-creating the issue with no luck

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS4.22% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-89
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2019-05-22
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
nagiosnagios xi

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbNagios XI 5.6.1 - SQL injection2019-05-23

References

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