VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-18245
Nagios Core 4.4.2 has XSS via the alert summary reports of plugin results, as demonstrated by a SCRIPT element delivered by a modified check_load plugin to NRPE.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 2.54%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Nagios Core 4.4.2 has XSS via the alert summary reports of plugin results, as demonstrated by a SCRIPT element delivered by a modified check_load plugin to NRPE.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.54% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- nagios/nagios core · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00022.html
- https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180026.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00022.html
- https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180026.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.