Intrusion PreventionNagios.XI.Unauthorized.API.Key.Regeneration.Privilege.Elevation
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Privilege Elevation vulnerability in Nagios XI.
The vulnerability is due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user input before using it in an API key regeneration. As a result, a remote attacker can send a crafted request to execute API calls at elevated privileges.
Affected Products
Nagios XI version 5.5.6
Impact
Privilege Escalation: Remote attackers can leverage their privileges on vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor.
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-06 | 14.627 | Severity:medium:high |
| 2019-01-02 | 13.516 | Default_action:pass:drop |
| 2018-11-30 | 13.501 |
| ID | 47138 |
| Created | Nov 30, 2018 |
| Updated | Jun 05, 2019 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2018-15711 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 27.52% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | All |
| Affected App | Other |