# CVE-2020-13977: Nagios 4.4.5 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to change the "URL for JSON CGIs" configuration setting, to modify th

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-09 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Nagios 4.4.5 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to change the "URL for JSON CGIs" configuration setting, to modify the Alert Histogram and Trends code via crafted versions of the archivejson.cgi, objectjson.cgi, and statusjson.cgi files. NOTE: this vulnerability has been mistakenly associated with CVE-2020-1408.

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## Related

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## References

- https://anhtai.me/nagios-core-4-4-5-url-injection/
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
- https://github.com/sawolf/nagioscore/tree/url-injection-fix
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H7T6MSDWMBJEVVFSOK7DOYJJWDAFQCEQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JUEIABR4Y6L5J5MZDFWU46ZWXMJO64U3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P6NHNG2SJAM6DXVTXQH3AOJ4WQVKJUE/

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