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TI-2013-06213 Aliases CVE-2013-10073GHSA-fgmx-3f4x-8543

Nagios XI < 2012R1.6 Auto-Discovery Shell Command Injection

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user with access to discovery functionality to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03377 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed XI (Nagios): 2012R1.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NagiosXIbefore 2012R1.62012R1.6Patch availableCNA
  • XI VendorNagios Affected before 2012R1.6 Fixed in 2012R1.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2012VulnerableNagios
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*2012 r1.0VulnerableNagios
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*2012 r1.1VulnerableNagios
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*2012 r1.2VulnerableNagios
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*2012 r1.3VulnerableNagios
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*2012 r1.4VulnerableNagios
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*2012 r1.5VulnerableNagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2012 Vulnerable ·Nagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2012 r1.0 Vulnerable ·Nagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2012 r1.1 Vulnerable ·Nagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2012 r1.2 Vulnerable ·Nagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2012 r1.3 Vulnerable ·Nagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2012 r1.4 Vulnerable ·Nagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:2012:r1.5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2012 r1.5 Vulnerable ·Nagios

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA XI (Nagios) Fixed in 2012R1.6

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Nagios XI 2012R1.6

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2013-06212 Nagios XI < 2012R1.6 Auto-Discovery Missing AuthorizationPriority LOW 33
    • TI-2013-06211 Nagios XI < 2012R1.6 Reflected XSS via Dashlet AJAX Load FunctionalityPriority LOW 30
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-10073
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fgmx-3f4x-8543

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2021-07545 Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-07544 Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-07543 Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-11993 Nagios XI before 5.6.6 allows remote command execution as root. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-26027 Nagios XI before version 5.11.3 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-11196 Snoopy 1.0 in Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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