Nagios XI up to 2012R1.5 Auto-Discovery Tool os command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Nagios XI up to 2012R1.5. This impacts an unknown function of the component Auto-Discovery Tool. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-10073. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nagios XI up to 2012R1.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Auto-Discovery Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by James Clawson. It is possible to read the advisory at nagios.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-10073 since 10/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2012R1.6 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at nagios.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2013-7287). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Os command injection
CWE: CWE-78 / CWE-77 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: XI 2012R1.6

Timelineinfo

10/28/2025 CVE reserved
10/31/2025 +3 days Advisory disclosed
10/31/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/17/2025 +17 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nagios.com
Researcher: James Clawson
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-10073 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-10073
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330647
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2025 07:34
Updated: 11/17/2025 23:18
Changes: 10/31/2025 07:34 (70), 11/08/2025 00:11 (11), 11/17/2025 23:18 (1)
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