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high 7.2

CVE-2018-16146 json

The web management console of Opsview Monitor 5.4.x before 5.4.2 provides functionality accessible by an authenticated administrator to tes…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8001

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The web management console of Opsview Monitor 5.4.x before 5.4.2 provides functionality accessible by an authenticated administrator to test notifications that are triggered under certain configurable events. The value parameter is not properly sanitized, leading to arbitrary command injection with the privileges of the nagios user account.

Patch / fix

  • opsview opsview 5.4.2

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Exploit prediction

6.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • coresecurity.com https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/opsview-monitor-multiple-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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