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CVE-2018-8734

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8734 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the core config manager of Nagios XI versions 5.2.x through 5.4.x before 5.4.13. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the selInfoKey1 parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. While not on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates multiple publicly available Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries demonstrating chained remote code execution, suggesting a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite its severity and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.2.0, < 5.4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution · Mar 6, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-44969 · Jul 2, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5325 is in the 97th 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

assets.nagios.com / downloads/nagiosxi/CHANGES-5.TXT
Release NotesVendor Advisory
blog.redactedsec.net / exploits/2018/04/26/nagios.html
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
gist.github.com / caleBot/f0a93b5a98574393e0139104eacc2d0f
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44560
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/44969
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
nagios.com / downloads/nagios-xi/change-log
Release NotesVendor Advisory