{"id":"CVE-2018-15711","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-15711","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:54:21.116Z","title":"Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows remote authenticated attackers to reset and regenerate the API key of more privileged users.","description":"Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows remote authenticated attackers to reset and regenerate the API key of more privileged users. The attacker can then use the new API key to execute API calls at elevated privileges.","published":"2018-11-14T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:42:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vulnreport@tenable.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["nagios/nagios xi"],"epss":{"score":0.36012,"percentile":0.98464,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.2171,"percentile":0.97577},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.36012,"percentile":0.98403}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 36.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.36012,"from":0.2171,"percentile":0.98403},"summary":"EPSS moved from 21.7% to 36.0% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-37","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vulnreport@tenable.com"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-37","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15711","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}