CVE-2021-38156
5.4 MEDIUMIn Nagios XI before 5.8.6, XSS exists in the dashboard page (/dashboards/#) when administrative users attempt to edit a dashboard
Published: 2021-09-15 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-79
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nagios | nagios_xi |
Description
In Nagios XI before 5.8.6, XSS exists in the dashboard page (/dashboards/#) when administrative users attempt to edit a dashboard.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38156
- [Exploit reference]https://raxis.com/blog/cve-2021-38156
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
- [Exploit reference]https://raxis.com/blog/cve-2021-38156
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/
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