CVE-2018-15711 is a critical vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.5.6 that allows remote authenticated attackers to reset and regenerate the API keys of more privileged users. This enables attackers to execute API calls with elevated privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) and an EPSS score indicating a higher likelihood of exploitation compared to most CVEs. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), there is also no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.