Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-48084

Critical

Published: 14 December 2023

Published
14 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.8209 99.2th percentile
Risk Priority 69 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-48084 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Nagios Nagios Xi. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Nagios XI versions prior to 5.11.3 contain a SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-48084 and assigned CWE-89, that resides in the bulk modification tool. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input through the bulk modification feature to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the underlying database. Successful exploitation grants the ability to read, modify, or delete data and potentially escalate to full control of the Nagios XI instance.

The supplied references point to the vendor’s security page for further information on updates. The associated EPSS score stands at 0.8209 with no indicated rise from a lower baseline.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Nagios XI before version 5.11.3 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the bulk modification tool.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

nagios
nagios xi
≤ 5.11.3

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-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References