{"id":"CVE-2020-5792","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5792","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T01:56:32.584Z","title":"Improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to write to arbitrary files and ultimately execute code with the privileges of the apache user.","description":"Improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to write to arbitrary files and ultimately execute code with the privileges of the apache user.","published":"2020-10-20T22:15:45.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:22:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vulnreport@tenable.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-88"],"affected":["nagios/nagios xi"],"epss":{"score":0.58767,"percentile":0.99107,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-09-20","score":0.59462,"percentile":0.99079}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 58.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162284/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vulnreport@tenable.com"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-58","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vulnreport@tenable.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162284/Nagios-XI-5.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-58","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5792","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."}