CVE-2008-5028

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in cmd.cgi in (1) Nagios 3.0.5 and (2) op5 Monitor before 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to send commands to the Nagios process, and trigger execution of arbitrary programs by this process, via unspecified HTTP requests.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.27% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory op5.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46426 vdb entry
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4914396D.5010009%40op5.se&forum_name=nagios-devel mailing list patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46521 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-15.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33320 third party advisory
http://git.op5.org/git/?p=nagios.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=814d8d4d1a73f7151eeed187c0667585d79fea18
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/06/2 mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022165 vdb entry
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-698-3/ vendor advisory
http://www.op5.com/support/news/389-important-security-fix-available-for-op5-monitor patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3029 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124156641928637&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1256 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32610 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32630 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35002 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/49678 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5028?
CVE-2008-5028 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5028?
To fix CVE-2008-5028, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-5028 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5028 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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