CVE-2013-10073 HIGH

CVE-2013-10073: Nagios XI < 2012R1.6 Auto-Discovery Shell Command Injection

Vendor Nagios
Product XI
Weakness CWE-78
Published October 30, 2025
Last update November 17, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user with access to discovery functionality to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 30, 2025 CVE published
November 17, 2025 Record updated