CVE-2020-35578
highpriority · attend · 68EPSS 0.819 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in the Manage Plugins page in Nagios XI before 5.8.0. Because the line-ending conversion feature is mishandled during a plugin upload, a remote, authenticated admin user can execute operating-system commands.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
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- auxiliary/scanner/http/nagios_xi_scannerNagios XI Scannerfunctional · metasploit
affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (16)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2021010122cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2021040086cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35578cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160948/Nagios-XI-5.7.x-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162207/Nagios-XI-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49422cnnvd
- https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/cnnvd
- https://www.nagios.com/products/security/cnnvd
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