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CVE-2011-2179

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2179 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Nagios 3.2.3 and Icinga before 1.4.1. Specifically, the config.cgi component is susceptible to arbitrary web script or HTML injection via the 'expand' parameter in command or hosts actions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts integrity by allowing arbitrary script injection. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB. The CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
26.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-35818 · Jun 1, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2604 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2011-06/0017.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2011-06/0018.html
ExploitPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
dev.icinga.org / issues/1605
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/44974
securityreason.com / securityalert/8274
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/67797
tracker.nagios.org / view.php
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/02/6
rul3z.de / advisories/SSCHADV2011-005.txt
ExploitPatch
rul3z.de / advisories/SSCHADV2011-006.txt
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/48087
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1151-1