CVE-2021-38156 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Nagios XI before 5.8.6, XSS exists in the dashboard page (/dashboards/#) when administrative users attempt to edit a dashboard.

Published: 2021-09-15

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 88.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.88939.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://raxis.com/blog/cve-2021-38156
https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

History

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Subscriptions

Nagios Nagios Xi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-15T13:20:49.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:15.823Z

Reserved: 2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38156

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-15T14:15:08.830

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:01:35.677

Link: CVE-2021-38156

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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