CVE-2018-15710 — Nagios XI 5

Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows local authenticated attackers to escalate privileges to root via Autodiscover_new.php.

01What is this vulnerability?

Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows local authenticated attackers to escalate privileges to root via Autodiscover_new.php.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Nagios	Nagios XI	5.5.6

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-11-14T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T00:51:15.249Z

09References

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46221/
• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-37
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153433/Nagios-XI-Magpie_debug.php-Root-Remo…