CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
80.1%
Nagios is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:nagios:nagios";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103117");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-03-11 13:29:22 +0100 (Fri, 11 Mar 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1523");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Nagios 'layer' Parameter XSS Vulnerabilities");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46826");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("nagios_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("nagios/installed");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Nagios is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script
code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow
the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to the latest version.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))
exit(0);
if(!vers = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:port))
exit(0);
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"3.2",test_version2:"3.2.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, vulnerable_range:"3.2 - 3.2.4");
security_message(port:port, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);