CVE-2020-35578
Because the line-ending conversion feature is mishandled during a plugin upload, a remote, authenticated admin user can execute operating-system commands.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.9%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Manage Plugins page in Nagios XI before 5.8.0. Because the line-ending conversion feature is mishandled during a plugin upload, a remote, authenticated admin user can execute operating-system commands.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 81.92% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 14 January 2021
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- nagios/nagios xi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 81.9% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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/160948/Nagios-XI-5.7.x-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162207/Nagios-XI-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nagios.com/products/security/Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160948/Nagios-XI-5.7.x-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162207/Nagios-XI-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nagios.com/products/security/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.