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CVE-2020-28900

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28900 is a critical vulnerability affecting Nagios Fusion 4.1.8 and earlier, and Nagios XI 5.7.5 and earlier, stemming from insufficient verification of data authenticity in update packages. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve escalation of privileges or remote code execution as root by manipulating the upgrade_to_latest.sh script. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/162783/Nagios-XI-Fusion-Privilege-Escalation-Cross-Site-Scripting-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
skylightcyber.com / 2021/05/20/13-nagios-vulnerabilities-7-will-shock-you
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nagios.com / downloads/nagios-xi/change-log
Release NotesVendor Advisory