Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-28905

HighPublic PoCRCE

Published: 24 May 2021

Published
24 May 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.4379 97.6th percentile
Risk Priority 44 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-28905 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Nagios Fusion. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Input Validation in Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier allows an authenticated attacker to execute remote code via table pagination.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

nagios
fusion
≤ 4.1.8

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

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