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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2020-5791 EUVD-2020-26948GHSA-2j39-6c38-r3mx

Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute o…

Published Oct 20, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by tenable

Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute operating system commands with the privileges of the apache user.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Nagios XI 5.7.3 —

Public exploits

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Metasploit 2 modules

Exploit-DB 1

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