CVE-2019-12279
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.042 · 91 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Nagios XI 5.6.1 allows SQL injection via the username parameter to login.php?forgotpass (aka the reset password form). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because the issue does not seem to be a legitimate SQL Injection. The POC does not show any valid injection that can be done with the variable provided, and while the username value being passed does get used in a SQL query, it is passed through SQL escaping functions when creating the call. The vendor tried re-creating the issue with no luck
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-46910Nagios XI 5.6.1 - SQL injectionPoC · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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references (13)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.nagios.com/products/nagiosxicnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446cnnvd
- https://github.com/JameelNabbo/exploits/blob/master/nagiosxi%20username%20sql%20injection.txtcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12279cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108446cnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153040/Nagios-XI-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.htmlenisa_euvd
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