CVE-2018-25122 HIGH

CVE-2018-25122: Nagios XI < 5.4.13 Component Download Page RCE

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

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 5.4.13 contain a remote code execution vulnerability in the Component Download page. The download/import handler used unsafe command construction with attacker-controlled input and lacked sufficient validation and output encoding, allowing an authenticated user to inject commands or otherwise execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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