CVE-2023-48084

Description

Nagios XI before version 5.11.3 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the bulk modification tool.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 3 repositories

Hamibubu/CVE-2023-48084 ★ 1 · Mar 1, 2024

Python program to dump all the databases, exploiting NagiosXI sqli vulnerability
MettHK/CVE-2023-48084-Revised ★ 0 · Aug 11, 2026
bucketcat/CVE-2023-48084 ★ 0 · Mar 23, 2024

Fixes broken syntax in the POC, automates the API_Token retrieval, stores the token as a variable and pipes into the fixed POC.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Nagios XI < 5.11.3 - SQL Injection http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-48084.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Advisories 1

WID-SEC-2023-3145 Nagios Enterprises Nagios XI: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Dec 13, 2023

References

https://www.nagios.com/products/security/