{"id":"CVE-2018-16146","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16146","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:43:21.566Z","title":"The value parameter is not properly sanitized, leading to arbitrary command injection with the privileges of the nagios user account.","description":"The web management console of Opsview Monitor 5.4.x before 5.4.2 provides functionality accessible by an authenticated administrator to test notifications that are triggered under certain configurable events. The value parameter is not properly sanitized, leading to arbitrary command injection with the privileges of the nagios user account.","published":"2018-09-05T21:29:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["opsview/opsview"],"epss":{"score":0.06197,"percentile":0.93472,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://knowledge.opsview.com/v5.4/docs/whats-new","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/3","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/opsview-monitor-multiple-vulnerabilities","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://knowledge.opsview.com/v5.4/docs/whats-new","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/3","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/opsview-monitor-multiple-vulnerabilities","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16146","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."}