CVE-2018-20172
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The rss_url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss...
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The rss_url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss/scripts/magpie_slashbox.php is not filtered, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.
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
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The rss_url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss/scripts/magpie_slashbox.php is not filtered, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2018-20172- 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
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The rss_url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss/scripts/magpie_slashbox.php is not filtered, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2018-20172- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-12739 No score
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The rss_url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss/scripts/magpie_slashbox.php is not filtered, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2018-12739- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h7j5-7jvc-77f7
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The rss_url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss...
An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.5.8. The rss_url parameter of rss_dashlet/magpierss/scripts/magpie_slashbox.php is not filtered, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-h7j5-7jvc-77f7- 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 | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-20172 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Nagios Xi, published December 17, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.59%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.