Nagios XI fixes a medium-severity vulnerability

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[TLP:CLEAR] Nagios XI fixes a medium-severity vulnerability

Nagios XI version 2024R1.1.5 fixes a medium-severity vulnerability [1].

Nagios XI - XSS (CVE-2024-42898)

CVSS 5.4 (Medium)

An authenticated remote attacker can carry out a stored XSS attack by means of social engineering [1][2]. A PoC exploit for the vulnerability is published at [3].

The vulnerability is present in product:

*:Nagios XI;>=2024R1,<2024R1.1.5

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

More information:

CVE-2024-42898 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 9. 1. 2025.

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By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Michaela Ručková on 22. 1. 2025.

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[TLP:CLEAR] Nagios XI fixes a medium-severity vulnerability

Nagios XI - XSS (CVE-2024-42898)

CVSS 5.4 (Medium)

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