CVE-2018-15712
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows reflected cross site scripting from remote unauthenticated attackers via...
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows reflected cross site scripting from remote unauthenticated attackers via the host parameter in api_tool.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.1
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows reflected cross site scripting from remote unauthenticated attackers via the host parameter in api_tool.php.
- Record
CVE-2018-15712- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows reflected cross site scripting from remote unauthenticated attackers via the host parameter in api_tool.php.
- Record
CVE-2018-15712- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7582 No score
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows reflected cross site scripting from remote unauthenticated attackers via the host parameter in api_tool.php.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7582- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fwv3-gq7f-r83v
6.1
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows reflected cross site scripting from remote unauthenticated attackers via...
Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows reflected cross site scripting from remote unauthenticated attackers via the host parameter in api_tool.php.
- Record
GHSA-fwv3-gq7f-r83v- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15712 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Nagios Xi, published November 14, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.6%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.