CVE-2011-2179

Summary

CVECVE-2011-2179
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-06-14 17:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in config.c in config.cgi in (1) Nagios 3.2.3 and (2) Icinga before 1.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the expand parameter, as demonstrated by an (a) command action or a (b) hosts action.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Icinga Icinga 0.8.0 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 0.8.1 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 0.8.2 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 0.8.3 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 0.8.4 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.0 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.0.1 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.0.2 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.0.3 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.2.0 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.2.1 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.3.0 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.3.1 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga All All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.2.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-06/0017.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Ubuntu update for nagios3 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
AfterMarket.pl :: domena rul3z.de af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rul3z.de Exploit, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request: XSS in nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Nagios Tracker - 0000224: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Nagios - Mantis af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tracker.nagios.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-06/0018.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Patch
USN-1151-1: Nagios vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 709871 – CVE-2011-2179 nagios: XSS in configuration command expansion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE request: XSS in nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Nagios 'expand' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug #1605: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Icinga - Core, Classic UI, IDOUtils - Open Source Monitoring af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.icinga.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
AfterMarket.pl :: domena rul3z.de af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rul3z.de Exploit, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Icinga 1.4.0 Cross-Site Scripting - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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