{"id":"CVE-2019-12279","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12279","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:44:25.116Z","title":"Nagios XI 5.6.1 allows SQL injection via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form).","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","published":"2019-05-22T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:14:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["nagios/nagios xi"],"epss":{"score":0.0422,"percentile":0.90942,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-05-23","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":46910,"kind":"exploit","title":"Nagios XI 5.6.1 - SQL injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46910","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/46910.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/46910.txt","published":"2019-05-23","added":"2019-05-23","updated":"2019-05-23","author":"JameelNabbo","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-12279"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/JameelNabbo/exploits/blob/master/nagiosxi%20username%20sql%20injection.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/JameelNabbo/exploits/blob/master/nagiosxi%20username%20sql%20injection.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12279","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."}