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

Advisories

severity: high
date: October 30, 2025
Affecting: XI < 2012R1.6
CVE: CVE-2013-10073
CWE: CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS: 8.7
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: Nagios XI Changelog
Credit: James Clawson
Description: 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.