9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-8733
Nagios XI Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in the core config manager in Nagios XI 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows an unauthenticated attacker to make configuration changes and leverage an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

April 18, 2018, 12:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-8733 has a 6 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-8733 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nagios nagios_xi
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-8733.

URL Resource
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 month ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.

Fixed exploit for Nagios CVE-2018-8733, CVE-2018-8734, CVE-2018-8735, CVE-2018-8736 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/

Python

Updated: 4 years, 4 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 7, 2018, 7:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
3289 stars 678 fork 678 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-8733 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-8733 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-287 CWE-89 CWE-89 CWE-89
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CWE CWE-16
    Added CWE CWE-89
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44969/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f No Types Assigned https://gist.github.com/caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ No Types Assigned https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT No Types Assigned https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html No Types Assigned https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CWE CWE-16
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.2.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.13
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44560/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://blog.redactedsec.net/exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-8733 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

31.95 }} -6.79%

score

0.97050

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