CVE-2020-28902
Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to...
Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to root in cmd_subsys.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to root in cmd_subsys.php.
- Record
CVE-2020-28902- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to root in cmd_subsys.php.
- Record
CVE-2020-28902- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21293 No score
Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to root in cmd_subsys.php.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21293- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cc5q-pg95-qhwg No score
Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to...
Command Injection in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows Privilege Escalation from apache to root in cmd_subsys.php.
- Record
GHSA-cc5q-pg95-qhwg- Weakness
- CWE-77
- 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-2020-28902 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Nagios Fusion, published May 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.45%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log
skylightcyber.com/2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you
packetstormsecurity.com/files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28902
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc5q-pg95-qhwg