Nagios XI 'login.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	42604
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 19 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 19 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	Adam Baldwin
Vulnerable:	Nagios Nagios XI 2009R1.2C Nagios Nagios XI 2009R1.2B
Not Vulnerable:	Nagios Nagios XI 2009R1.3

Nagios XI 'login.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Nagios XI is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Nagios XI 2009R1.3 are vulnerable.

Nagios XI 'login.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/42604.txt

Nagios XI 'login.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Reportedly, these issues have been fixed in Nagios XI 2009R1.3. Please see the references for more information.

Nagios XI 'login.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• Nagios XI Homepage (Nagios)
  
• Nagios XI Login XSS (Adam Baldwin )