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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-20171

The url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss/scripts/magpie_simple.php is not filtered, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.59%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss/scripts/magpie_simple.php is not filtered, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.

CVSS 3.0
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.59% probability · 75th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
nagios/nagios xi
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.59%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.6% 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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.