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Medium 5.4

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Nagios Xi

CVE-2023-7313 First seen on SecPulse

Summary

Cross-site scripting in Nagios Xi (CVE-2023-7313). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-7313 has been found in Nagios Xi.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Nagios Xi CVE-2023-7313" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-7313 (Nagios Xi) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

What is the problem

Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Nagios Xi.

Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Nagios Xi.

Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposureidentify
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Nagios Xi を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verificationverify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Original description The description as published by the source.

Nagios XI versions prior to 5.11.3 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via the Bulk Modifications tool. Insufficient validation or escaping of user-supplied input may allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script in the context of a victim's browser.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

References

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