CVE-2019-12279
Nagios XI 5.6.1 allows SQL injection via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form).
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Nagios XI 5.6.1 allows SQL injection via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because the issue does not seem to be a legitimate SQL Injection. The POC does not show any valid injection that can be done with the variable provided, and while the username value being passed does get used in a SQL query, it is passed through SQL escaping functions when creating the call. The vendor tried re-creating the issue with no luck
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.22% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 23 May 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- nagios/nagios xi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.2% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446
- https://github.com/JameelNabbo/exploits/blob/master/nagiosxi%20username%20sql%20injection.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446
- https://github.com/JameelNabbo/exploits/blob/master/nagiosxi%20username%20sql%20injection.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
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