CVE-2022-50584
Published: 30 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2022-50584 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 34.5% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-55676
Vulnerability details
The Core Config Manager (CCM) in Nagios XI versions prior to CCM 3.1.6 / Nagios XI 5.8.8 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the search and deletion interfaces. Insufficient validation or escaping of user-supplied input may allow an attacker…
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to inject and execute arbitrary script in the context of a victim's browser.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.