CVE-2018-16144 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Opsview Monitor versions prior to 5.3.1 and 5.4.x prior to 5.4.2. The flaw resides in the NetAudit section's test connection functionality, specifically due to improper sanitization of the rancid_password parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 11 mentions and media coverage, indicating a high level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opsview:opsview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opsview:opsview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.