Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-3273

HighPublic PoCRCE

Published: 25 February 2021

Published
25 February 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.2552 96.3th percentile
Risk Priority 30 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-3273 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.7% 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

Nagios XI below 5.7 is affected by code injection in the /nagiosxi/admin/graphtemplates.php component. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must have an admin user account in Nagios XI's web system.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

nagios
nagios xi
≤ 5.7

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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