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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2018-15710 in the critical feed json

Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows local authenticated attackers to escalate privileges to root via Autodiscover_new.php.

published 2018-11-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7580

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
38.2%
EPSS 38.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Nagios XI 5.5.6 allows local authenticated attackers to escalate privileges to root via Autodiscover_new.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/nagios_xi_magpie_debug)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

38.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/nagios_xi_magpie_debug Nagios XI Magpie_debug.php Root Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2018-11-14
  • EDB-47039 Nagios XI 5.5.6 - Magpie_debug.php Root Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2019-06-26
  • EDB-46221 Nagios XI 5.5.6 - Remote Code Execution / Privilege Escalation webapps, 2019-01-23
  • tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-37 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Nagios Nagios XI

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.