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CVE-2011-1523 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in statusmap.c in statusmap.cgi in Nagios 3.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbi…

published 2011-05-03 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1524

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in statusmap.c in statusmap.cgi in Nagios 3.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the layer parameter.

Patch / fix

  • nagios openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.4.6-2.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11073-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1523 updated cvss 3.5

Nagios: XSS in the network status map CGI

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • tracker.nagios.org http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=207 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • rul3z.de http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-002.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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